A.A.'s Country-wide News Circuit

Anniversary celebrations ranging from first to fifth have been reported. The third annual banquet of the Tampa, Fla., Group was scheduled at the Bayshore Royal Hotel January 26, with an excellent menu, speakers from Jacksonville and Atlanta, and many out of town members welcomed. The Brooklyn, N. Y., Group plans include a dinner on Lincoln's Birthday, February 12, in the Hotel St. George, for the fifth annual celebration. Ottawa, Ont., reports the first anniversary banquet with over 90 present to hear six members of the Toronto Group among the speakers. January 26 marked the second anniversary of the Ft. Dodge, Iowa, Group at the Wahkonsa Hotel with a speaker from Minneapolis and an entertainment program. The Kent, Ohio, Group made a trip to Cleveland on the anniversary of 8005 Lorain A.A. Group. Sixty made the trip, including eight from Ravenna. The way A.A. grows was beautifully demonstrated at the Morton Hotel in Grand Rapids, Mich., at the fifth annual dinner commemorating the start of A.A. in West Central Michigan. More than 150 attended with groups up to 25 coming from Benton Harbor, St. Joseph, Kalamazoo, Greenville, Lansing, Holland, Muskegon and one member from Traverse City who made a trip of approximately 300 miles. All five of the original group are still dry and four attended the meeting.