A.A.'s Country-wide News Circuit

Weeks after the Christmas and New Year's celebrations, reports of the way various groups rejoiced have continued to trickle into The A.A. Grapevine office, telling of toys for the kids, dinners complete with turkey and ham, coke and coffee, decorations, trees, dances, trips, Santa Clauses, elaborate programs and entertainment. Christmas parties were big affairs at Kent, Ohio, Tampa, Fla., Passaic, N. J., Lincoln Park, Mich., Upper Arlington of Columbus, Ohio, Amarillo, Tex., Charleston, W. Va., Nacogdoches, Tex., and Des Moines, Iowa. New Year's also had parties and open houses at Cambridge, Mass., Nacogdoches, Tex., Jefferson City, Mo., Louisville, Ky., Miami, Fla., and Rochester, N. Y.