A.A.'s Country-wide News Circuit

Double celebrations of sobriety and the holidays are reported from many areas. The Ottawa, Canada, Group's first birthday was celebrated by about 100 members and guests in the parish hall of Blessed Sacrament Church. An open meeting followed the dinner, with the founder of the Toronto Group as the first speaker, using the topic of the 12 Steps. He was followed by other members from Toronto. A guest soloist and two short moving pictures were included on the program. . . A full column in the Daily Sentinel of Nacogdoches, Texas, told of the 20 members from that city who attended the area meeting of A.A. in Palestine recently where about 100 heard an outstanding member of A.A., a prominent Dallas business man. Cities and towns represented included Nacogdoches, Center, Henderson, Douglass, Longview, Crockett, Palestine, Athens, Centerville, Fort Worth, Dallas, Amarillo and Waco. Three ministers and the sheriff-elect of Anderson county praised the organization's efforts. . . An overflow crowd of members, wives and friends flocked to the second anniversary banquet of the Montpelier, Vt., Group recently. A steak dinner was enjoyed by 132, including members from Barre, Burlington, Ely, Newport, Northfield, Richford, St. Johnsbury and Windsor, as well as Lyme, N. H., and East Orange, N. J. Prominent business men, ministers and state authorities were speakers. . . Columbus and Central Ohio A.A.s celebrated the fifth anniversary in Columbus with a meeting attended by 700 who heard an Ohio physician define alcoholism as "soul sickness." . . .The Huntington, L. I., N. Y., Group held its first annual dinner on January 8 with several fine speakers and a delicious dinner.