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NEW BRITAIN, Conn.— When Ardemis arrived in New Britain, Conn., as a 15-year-old orphan of the Armenian Genocide, she immediately set about putting her life in order. The Hairenik, a prominent newspaper that served the newly-arrived Armenian community of the US, helped.
Ardemis was a mature woman, aged beyond her 15 years. And she had the maturity to understand that she wanted to remain grounded in her culture. So she read the Hairenik.
The Hairenik was an Armenian-language daily newspap
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A great touching story! Especially for me, the youngest grandson of Mkrtich Kheranyan – the brother of Hovhannes Kharanian (Karanian). I remember Ardemis when I was 7 years old. She visited Armenia in 197O about the same days when my grandfather deceased. A true story of Armenian families divided between and scattered throughout the worlds.
A very cute story, but maybe I have been subscriber as long as Agnes. Incidentally, I remember her as Agnes Barsoian in Pawtucket, RI in the late 1930’s and even visited her and Henry back some 40 or so years ago in New Britain. Agnes was one of the prettiest Armenian girls in Pawtucket and she still has that charm.
My subscription to the Weekly has followed me from Pawtucket to Philly, to Navy duty in the UK, to Charlottesville, Va, to Broomall, Pa, to Allentown, Pa, To Larchmont NY. ,to Westwood, NJ, to Peachtree City, GA and finally to my present abode in Gainesville, GA.