A. A.'s Country-wide News Circuit

A good crop of new groups is springing up in various sections of the country according to reports to The A. A. Grapevine. Bay Pines Veterans Group at Bay Pines Hospital, near Strasbourg, Fla., got underway with the help of several members from St. Petersburg and with speakers from New Jersey and Long Island. Clearwater and Tampa Groups are also expected to be of much help. Five members at Carroll, Ia. have selected Monday as their meeting night after a send-off meeting by groups from Ft. Dodge and Pocahontas. The local paper carried an account which was extremely helpful. A new venture at Butte, Mont. is the organization of a group at the state hospital at Warm Springs with 18 to 20 patients reported at each meeting. Butte members have been attending and Dr. G. V. Holmes has taken a great interest in the project. An article in the hospital paper, Steam, recommends the A.A. program. Butte members urge visitors to drop in at their place or visit the new group. Meetings are at 8 o'clock Wednesday. Easton, Penn., also reports a new group formed within the past few weeks. About 80 Northern Iowa members and friends helped the Algona Group get its start. Pocahontas, Estherville, Spencer, Britt, Kanawha, Fonda, Emmetsburg, Livermore, Linn Grove, Spirit Lake, Sioux Rapids, Laurens, Havelock, Humboldt and Ft. Dodge were all represented at Algona. Organized only a few weeks ago the Newport, R. I., Group has more than a dozen members and has meetings every Tuesday night at the Rochambeau House.