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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1952)
Alcoholics Anonymous Plan March 1 Meeting Nearly 100 southern Oregon alcoholics and their wives and husbands will assemble in Ash land on March 1 f or an inter group meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. There won't be any liquor around but there is a growing competition between the four groups as to which can brew up the strongest coffee. ; A number of Ashland minis ters, doctors and - law enforce ment officers have been invited to attend the meeting to learn more of ,, how A. A- works m achieving and maintaining the sobriety of its members many of whom were once considered "hopeless" cases of alcoholism. Were Publicity Shy ' Until recently, the four south ern Oregon groups of A .A. in Grants Pass, Medford, Ashland and Klamath Falls preferred to keep relatively shy of publicity. The 11th tradition of A.A. reads: "Our " public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need alway main tain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio and films." ' . But a recent nation-wide sur vey revealed that while 60 per cent of the people had heard of Alcoholics Anonymous, only 10 per cent of these had even the remotest idea of the nature of the organization. Plan Initialed Last month, the Medford group initiated the plan to bring a closer understanding of the Alco holics Anonymous program when it held an inter-group meeting with the theme: "What is A.A.?" The Medford members invited a number of doctors, ministers, attorneys and judges, and the re sponse was termed "very grati fying." .' The Ashland meeting March 1 will be a direct follow-up on the Medford session. The theme of the Ashland inter-group meet ing will be: "How A.A. Works." Members from all four southern Oregon cities will give individual talks telling how the 12 A.A. steps have worked for them. (It is a common statement at A.A meetings that there are 140,000 members and 140,000 different ways to work the A-A. program.) The status of Alcoholics Anony mous in southern Oregon today is far from the scene in Medfort nearly five years ago when a Portland member by the name of Cris, came here to meet with three desperate alcoholics who had tried every "cure and had been tabbed as hopeless. Thes three, then four, and one or two more struggled along with the constant help of Cris for nearly a year. Then the growth became rapid and about the same time A.A. began reaching to other parts of the area. Groups in Klamath Falls and Grants Pass were organized. These groups experienced growth sim ilar to the Medford group. In the fall of 1951 the Medford group, which had included Ash land members, had grown to a point that it was deemed advis able to split Ashland and Med ford members. The Ashland group was started with seven members. It now has 12. - Many members of AA tell how Alcoholics Anonymous is more than a means of keeping sober, that it is a way of life, a spirit ual program. But the Alcoholic Foundation in New York tells in about 100 words the basic essence of Alcoholics Anony mous. It reads: Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience. strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. 'The only requirement for membership is an honest desire to stop drinking. AA has no dues or fees. It is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, or ganization or institution; does not wish to engage in any con troversy, neither endorses nor opposes any causes. Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobri ety.- This -.Keek My at $WUE FIRESTONE Qamfflfcft motet) 8ed cfl I Zi I 4 Sold at Leading Stores Everywhere for $3.60 Ntvtr Irion Kara Wt Offtrad SvchaBvy.,. Rims or Safedge Guaranteed against - chipping . 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Central Point Wednesday. February 27. at 7 43 p. m. Before his conversion. Swarti was aspiring to a concert stage career and for three yean was the soloist for the famous St Paul Choral club of St Paul. Minn. Mrs. Swartz will assist her husband at the piano. She is known for her piano interpre tations of the well known gos pel hymns. The pastor. Rolf H. Hansen. said that Swartz comes to the valley highly recommended and that this concert should be of real Interest to all who love fine gospel singing. The public Is invited. Rogue River Rogue River Ted Bedford Carton, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C Carton left Friday for Seattle where he expects to enlist In the Coast Guard. lie was accompan ied by his parents who will re main for a week's visit with their daughter and grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Horner and their our children arrived from San Francisco. Thursday night and report having had a fright. ening experience on the Smith river, when they were almost caught in a land slide. 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