A.A.'s Country-wide News Circuit

The Virginia Beach, Va., Group, which got under way only three months ago, held its first open meeting February 5. More than 150 visiting A.A.s and friends of the group from other Virginia cities and from North Carolina were welcomed by the mayor and other city officials. Five A.A.s from points in Virginia and one from Georgia originally were on the program. Because of family illness, the Georgia A.A. telephoned that he was unable to attend. At the last minute, a speaker from New York rushed down to Virginia Beach to pinch-hit.