A.A.'s Country-wide News Circuit

At a recent meeting of the Kent, Ohio, Group there were four clergymen as guests, both Protestant and Catholic, one of the latter having been located in Kent several years ago when he was helpful in getting the group started. An increasing number of A.A.s are war veterans, it is reported from Minneapolis, Minn., where one member estimates at least 25 percent of the 2,000 in that city are veterans, including several women. Re-establishment of a city farm for working out Corporation Court fines would aid in the rehabilitation of Dallas, Tex., alcoholics, members of the city administration were told recently. Favorable consideration has been given the matter. A carnival staged by Des Moines, Ia., A.A.s to furnish a hospital room for the treatment of alcoholics had a goal of $580 for the necessary cost. When the receipts were counted it was found that the affair brought in $750, which minus $170 expenses, netted just the amount needed! Santa Fe, N.M., A.A.s went to Albuquerque recently for the opening of the clubhouse of the Duke City Group. About 35 went in a motor cavalcade.