The following history of the Greek Community of
Columbus,
Ohio, was compiled by several methods and
by a number of people. Three separate committees were
appointed, as follows:
Historical Background: Chairman, Mrs.
George Pappas;
Co-Chairman, Mrs. Thomas
Kanatas.
This group was to contact all the elders of the
Church and obtain information from them regarding the beginning of the Church, before it
was formally organized, and minutes kept.
Research: Chairman, Mrs. George Lias;
Co-Chairman, Mrs. Tom Saris.
Their function was to read all the minutes of
the Church available from 1910 until the present
time and compile all important data relating to
the development and organization of the Church.
Mrs. Saris read and translated all the Greek minutes. and Mrs. Lias all those written in English.
They, indeed, had a very difficult task.
Pictures: Chairman, Mrs. John Chakeres;
Co-Chairman, Miss Bess Karres.
Any pictures of general interest, and especially
of the beginning years, were to be collected and
those suitable published with the history of the
Church.
In addition to these sources of information, your
editor added to this, by requesting every organization of
the Community to send a brief history of its group, together with the names of the first officers and any out-
standing events that they thought might be pertinent.
Unfortunately, the response was not complete.
We would like to thank all those who contributed to
