A. A.'s Country-wide News Circuit

Members of the Wilmington, Del., Group heard a leading industrialist and the head of the medical department of the duPont company praise the efforts of the organization as a contribution to industrial stability and happiness in the home when the annual dinner meeting was held recently. Dr. G. H. Gehrmann, the medical director, was quoted at considerable length in newspaper accounts of the meeting in one Wilmington paper while another carried an editorial headed "Manifold Benefits" saying in part "both for the industries concerned and the individuals affected it is obvious that the gains have been impressive." A further report from Wilmington goes on to say that A.A. was part of the program during a four-day conference of company physicians from all over the country and that the two local company psychiatrists work very closely with the group. Founded about three years ago with the help of the Philadelphia group, Wilmington A.A.s have an outstanding record of community cooperation. Their operation includes a rotating committee for managing group affairs with keen participation by women members. Besides three regular meetings a week the activities committee arranges for visits to the Delaware State Hospital twice a month and there is always a car load to visit at Dover each week. Plenty of social affairs are scheduled and the wives hold separate closed meetings and prepare coffee for the social hour afterward.