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November 1947

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Chicago A.A.s at Retreat

Twenty-eight members of Chicago, Ill., A.A. attended a retreat at Childerly, a country estate owned and maintained by the Calvert club of the University of Chicago, principally for its Catholic students and alumni, near Wheeling, Ill., recently. Both Catholics and non-Catholics were in the group which included a Catholic priest who was the retreat master, and a brother who belonged to one of the Catholic orders, eight salesmen, two insurance adjusters, two tax collectors, a lawyer, accountant, advertising writer, buyer, advertising agent, business agent, broker, advertising art director, mechanic, physician, manufacturer, storekeeper and printer.

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