A.A.'s Country-wide News Circuit

Members of the Spencer, Ia., Group report that they are having a hard time getting rid of a little tinge of human pride since the recent celebration of the first anniversary recalled the history of the group. . . Organized on August 6, 1946, the Spencer Group now has 50 active members on its rolls. Besides that 13 men, residents of Estherville, came to their first meetings in Spencer and now have their own group. The Storm Lake Group also was founded through Spencer, making a total of 77 individuals who got their start there. . . Some 316 A.A.s and their friends joined at the Walther League Camp on Lake Okojobi for the birthday party and heard the principal speaker, Carlos G. of Sioux City, who, a year ago, made three trips from his home town to help the original three members get launched as an active group. He traced the history of alcoholism and the handling of its problems. Other speakers included Ray H. of Des Moines, Ia., and Spencer representatives. . . Eleven Estherville members were present with four from Storm Lake, while there were others from Ft. Dodge, Pocahontas, Sioux City, Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Algona, Ida Grove and Knoxville, Ia., and Minneapolis, Minn.; Fremont, Wakefield and Omaha, Nebr., and Yankton and Sioux Falls, S. D.