The AGBU 57th Anniversary.

1963 Apr 21 *a)The AGBU 57th Anniversary. "This year, the AGBU 57th anniversary was celebrated on Sunday, April 21, in the Caloust Gulbenkian auditorium of Hovagimian-Manougian College... The organizing committee, AGBU Beirut chapter chairman, Mr. Sisag Varjabedian, opened the event. AGBU Lebanon District Committee member Mr. Vartges Kardashian, In a report, presented a briefing of the AGBU birth and the Union achievements of the past fifty-seven years...". "... At the beginning of the second part, Mr. Onnik Sarkisian, Principal of AGBU Y. Demirdjian School, presented the main principals and visionaries of the AGBU. Then, the AGBU Veterans certificates were distributed to seventeen new veterans, handed over by AGBU Lebanon District Committee Chairman Mr. Yervant Demirjian and AGBU Beirut Chapter Committee Chair Mr. Kegham Dandzigyan. The principal of the newly opened AGBU, Levon G. Nazarian, Elementary School, Mr Yervant Gerboyan, spoke on behalf of the new veterans. During the ceremony, a proper cultural program was implemented...". *b)1963 May 12 was the AGBU 57th Anniversary celebration in Zahle by the local chapter. The AGBU 57th anniversary celebration in Zahle took place in the Yuzbashian hall of the Balkjian Elementary School, organized by the AGBU Zahle chapter committee. The ceremony was presided over by the Arm Orthodox priest of Zahle. Rev Fr Mashtots A.Voskerichyan, with the pastor of the Catholic Armenians of Zahle, Rev Father Hovsep Basmajian, by his side..." " AGBU District Committee manager, Mr. Vartkes Kardashian, was invited to speak from Beirut, accompanied by the pianist Mr. S. Emmiyan..." *