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1.	A.A. Grapevine Recommended As 12th Step Aid From Macon, Ga., comes a letter with a suggestion which has been made with increasing frequency of late:	September 1947

2.	A.A. Holds Key to Powers (by H.B.) Illinois -- (The author of the following died as the result of a traffic accident on his way home from a meeting at which this talk was given.--Ed.)	September 1947

3.	A.A.'s Country-wide News Circuit A women's group has been formed by A.A. in Milwaukee, with meetings every other Wednesday in the Alano Club at 1012 North 3rd Street. The Alano Club is now 16 months old, and occupies a suite of six rooms in downtown Milwaukee.	September 1947

4.	A.A.'s Country-wide News Circuit Dr. E. M. Jellinek of the Yale University School of Alcohol Studies was a surprise visitor to the 1947 Texas State Conference of A.A. held in Austin during the summer. The biggest event in A.A. history in Texas, the two-day meeting was attended by approximately 400 A.A.s representing 25 groups. Members from Austin, Dallas, Houston, Fort Worth, Schulenberg, Seminole, Waco, San Antonio, Taylor, Nacogdoches and New York City spoke at the various meetings. There were also movies and recorded talks by Bill and Marty M.	September 1947

5.	A.A.'s Country-wide News Circuit The Calcasieu Parish Group held its first open meeting at Lake Charles, La., in July, with M. H. of Memphis as the guest speaker and 20 A.A.s and about 40 friends and relatives attending. Not only have several calls been received by the group since the meeting; the newspaper announcement of it also brought forth a couple who were formerly affiliated with the Kansas City, Kan., and Corpus Christi Groups, and didn't know of the existence of a chapter in their new home.	September 1947

6.	A.A.'s Country-wide News Circuit The Monday following the picnic held by the Kingsport, Johnson City and Bristol, Tenn., Groups, several members sported sore right arms, in this case the result of horseshoe pitching, so the "hangovers" were fairly painless. The picnic was held during the summer at the Tri-City airport, and there was ham, chicken, coffee, coke and watermelon. The three groups plan more of these get-togethers.	September 1947

7.	A.A.'s Country-wide News Circuit Next month, the Duluth, Minn., Group will be two years old. Starting with a nucleus of three on Oct. 2, 1945, it now numbers over 200. Duluth helped start groups in Superior, Wis., and several other neighboring towns. . . . Erie, Pa., now boasts six groups, with meetings every week night, and on Sunday a meeting of the men's training class. . . . Patients, members, or employees are invited to regular Wednesday night meetings of the Los Angeles Veterans' Administration A.A. Group in the Gray Ladies' Hut. . . . An A.A. Group has been formed at Grenada, Miss., with ten at the first meeting, some of them coming from Greenwood. The Grenada address is P.O. Box 1010.	September 1947

8.	A.A.'s Country-wide News Circuit Although none of the speakers was introduced by name, an overflow crowd jammed the Little Theatre of the Sacramento (Calif.) memorial auditorium to attend the first open meeting staged by the Sacramento A.A. Group. A businessman, a housewife, an insurance man and a shoe salesman told the audience, which included clergymen, physicians, judges, nurses and other interested persons, how they had arrested the disease of alcoholism through following the A.A. program. A.A.s from the vicinity got together following the meeting at the clubhouse.	September 1947

9.	A.A.'s Country-wide News Circuit Two members of the San Antonio, Texas, Group responded to a call from the City Health Nurses to make talks before that group. The San Antonio Group, now numbering 140. finds increasing support for its activities from city officials and law enforcement agencies, it reports. During the past few weeks, San Antonians have entertained visitors from Chicago, Denver, Minneapolis, Oklahoma City, Chattanooga, Mexico City and several other Texas groups in the new clubrooms in the heart of the business district. One of the members has organized a Thursday night discussion group for men on various aspects of the program and pertinent reading. The first book read and discussed was Alcohol--One Man's Meat. Another new venture in San Antonio has ...	September 1947

10.	A.A.'s Country-wide News Circuit The A.A. Group in Winona, Minn., runs a classified ad daily in the Republican-Herald, the local newspaper, changing the wording every six or eight weeks. The current ad has read: "Is drinking a problem that is affecting you domestically, socially, economically, and physically? Possibly we can help you. Write Alcoholics Anonymous, P.O. Box 122. No treatment, confidential, no dues." Twenty members from Winona were among 300 who attended the first anniversary dinner of the Alano society of Rochester (Minn.) A.A. in July.	September 1947

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