A.A.'s Country-wide News Circuit

Salem, Va., got onto the A.A. circuit recently with the organization of a new group with six members. Meetings are held at the First Methodist Church on College Avenue, and the group can be addressed at P. O. Box 189. . . The Laurens, S. C., Group was formed January 6 with 11 charter members attending. An open meeting is being planned for the near future. The group's mailing address is P. O. Box 215. . . The Janesville, Wis., Group became so large that members from Edgerton and Delevan recently branched out on their own and established groups in each of their communities. Once a month all of the groups in the Beloit area hold a joint meeting, and on another night once a month the two Beloit groups, East and West Side, get together for a joint meeting. Weekly meetings are held at the homes of members and a social gathering for all groups is held each Saturday night for members and their wives. . . Manchester, Iowa, is another new addition, a group now meeting there every Monday night. . . Five members of the Marshalltown, Iowa, Group traveled to Eldora, Iowa, recently to attend the inaugural meeting of the new group there. . . A classified advertisement appearing in the paper in Jerome, Idaho, testifies to the efforts of an A.A. to found a group there. He's a former member of the New Orleans, La., Boise and Twin Falls, Idaho, Groups.