A.A.'s Country-wide News Circuit

Alanon Association, Inc., club of Newark, N.J., A.A.s, has announced that in six months it has changed a deficit of nearly $5,000 into a healthy surplus through a series of various activities and prompt dues paying. Alanon now has a yearly functioning cost of $50,000 for a tremendous list of activities. Copies of The Alanon News list community sings, parlor nights, women's card parties, booster club meetings, dances, game room entertainment and good restaurant facilities, in addition to monthly Inter-Group mass meetings and other major events in the auditorium. Plans for the future are equally ambitious with modernizing the wiring and light, providing adequate fire exits and possible changes in the restaurant operation are under consideration. Alanon has had a swift, mushroom growth from 70 members who bought the club two and a half years ago to nearly 400 who own it today. A steadily growing number use it daily and nightly.