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Longtime Nashua resident Arthur Matsis, an entrepreneur involved in the early development of the region's cell phone industry also remembered best for organizing the huge, weeklong West Pearl Street Reunion that united generations of Nashua's Greek community, shared this photo showing the West Pearl Street building in which his uncle, Eddy Matsis, operated a pharmacy back in the 1930s and 40s. The pharmacy is on the right, but the shop on the left is unidentified. His brother, Dr. Nicholas Matsis, was the city physician around that time. They, along with two other brothers, Arthur and John Matsis, were born in Greece and immigrated to America as young men, initially living in West Virginia and securing work in the region's coal mines. Several years later, the Greek Archdiocese called on John and Eddy Matsis, who were registered Masons by trade, to come to Nashua and oversee the construction of the former Church of the Annunciation, one of two Greek churches in downtown Nashua that would later merge to form St. Philip Church. John Matsis had two sons, Arthur. the enterpreneur, and Matthew, a career Nashua teacher who retired as assistant principal of Elm Street Middle School. (Courtesy photo)
Longtime Nashua resident Arthur Matsis, an entrepreneur involved in the early development of the region’s cell phone industry also remembered best for organizing the huge, week-long West Pearl Street Reunion that united generations of Nashua’s Greek community, shared this photo showing the West Pearl Street building in which his uncle, Eddy Matsis, operated a pharmacy back in the 1930s and 40s. The pharmacy is on the right, but the shop on the left is unidentified. His brother, Dr. Nicholas Matsis, was the city physician around that time. They, along with two other brothers, Arthur and John Matsis, were born in Greece and immigrated to America as young men, initially living in West Virginia and securing work in the region’s coal mines. Several years later, the Greek Archdiocese called on John and Eddy Matsis, who were registered Masons by trade, to come to Nashua and oversee the construction of the former Church of the Annunciation, one of two Greek churches in downtown Nashua that would later merge to form St. Philip Church. John Matsis had two sons, Arthur. The entrepreneur, and Matthew, a career Nashua teacher who retired as assistant principal of Elm Street Middle School. (Courtesy photo)
