A. A.'s Country-wide News Circuit

Estimates of A.A. membership are likely to be revised upward soon according to the rate new groups are being formed! The Delray Beach, Fla., Group, an outgrowth and affiliate of the Palm Beach County Group, is now under way while members of the Fremont, Ohio, Group have started a morning group in the home of a member to accommodate those who could not attend other sessions. Members from other towns have been attending the meetings which begin at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. A two man group has been created at Newport, Ark., according to the Batesville, Ark., Group which also reported growth. In the Nevada State Prison, at Carson, the first meeting was attended by 14 alcoholic inmates and five members of the Reno and Carson Groups. The move is supported by Warden Richard Sheey and Gov. Vail M. Pittman. The Fair Lawn, N. J., Group held its first meeting at the Warren Point Lutheran church recently with one of the winter's worst storms failing to keep 65 members and friends away. The group will meet in the church on Route 4, which is the main route from the George Washington Bridge to Paterson. A member from Artesian, S.D., who has been talking the matter over with the Mitchell group, has decided to get a group going in his own town and has written for A.A. Grapevine subscriptions, books and literature.