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January 1958

From the Vintage Years

WHEN AA WENT TO SEA

THE FIRST SEAMEN'S GROUP ever organized was formed in Manhattan, June, 1944. Six months later, in December, the Seamen took over the first AA clubhouse ever opened anywhere (over 4 1/2 years ago), at 334 1/2 West 24th Street, New York, the clubhouse having been vacated by the New York AAs for larger quarters.

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