A.A.'s Country-wide News Circuit

The Beckley, W. Va., Group has an active membership of 20. . . Twenty months ago three men with the assistance of a member of the Kings Mountain, S. C., Group founded the Bennettsville, S. C., Group. Today the group numbers 12 regular members who have helped organize additional groups in Roland, Cheraw and Marion. On three occasions they have chartered a bus for treks to group meetings in neighboring cities. The wives of the Cheraw and Bennettsville Groups have formed an auxiliary which meets once a month, and at Christmas they gave a party for 60 people. . . The Chippewa Valley Group began the year with a regular membership of 15, including one of the youngest members in the country. He's 23. . . New club quarters have been obtained by the Kilgore, Texas, Group. . . Only two years old, the Wichita Falls, Texas, Group has grown from the original six to approximately 100 members, with a club house, two large meeting rooms and office. Members have helped establish groups in Vernon and Goree, and in the Wichita Falls State Hospital. The Goree Group is only a little over six months old but already has 15 members who, incidentally, are reported to average over 200 pounds per man! The Vernon Group has six members and holds an open meeting each Wednesday while the Wichita Falls Group now has a meeting every evening in the week except Saturday and Sunday. The wives of members also meet one evening a week, with an average attendance of about 50. The local radio station, KTRN, broadcasts a recorded A.A. program one evening a week.