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Reply | Forward Message #5875 of 6171 |
Re: First AA meeting in Philadelphia

For Philadelphia both Johnny L's letter to
Ruth Hock and Jimmy B's reminiscences are
available on line (silkworth and barefoot,
I think).

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> From: jax760@...
> Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009
> Re: Timeline of the First 25 A.A. Groups
>
> In order to keep the first 25 list accurate
> with source references please cite your source
> for dates of groups.
>
> i.e. Philadelphia & Chicago.
>
> Thanks
>
> - - - -
>
> From J. LOBDELL
> <jlobdell54@...>
> (jlobdell54 at hotmail.com)
>
> > 14. Pennsylvania: Philadelphia (February 13,
> 1940) WRONG -- FEB 28 -- Jim moved to Phila Feb 13
Wed Jul 15, 2009 1:44 am

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From: "John Barton" <jax760@...> (jax760 at yahoo.com) TIMELINE OF THE FIRST 25 A.A. GROUPS By John B. Big Book Study Group of South Orange, NJ 1. Ohio:... 		Glenn Chesnut
glennccc
Offline Send Email 		Jul 12, 2009
10:29 pm

I have taken some of John B.'s dates directly into master list we are setting up.   I though it would be worthwhile to give my own additional notes however...
Glenn Chesnut
glennccc
Offline Send Email 		Jul 12, 2009
10:31 pm

Philadelphia, Washington State, Washington D.C. PHILADELPHIA: From: Cindy Miller <cm53@...> (cm53 at earthlink.net) well, I don't know how important...
Cindy Miller
cindyfromphilly
Offline Send Email 		Jul 13, 2009
6:50 pm

A group start date is based on when the second sober alcoholic shows up to join with the first sober alcoholic. When they had the first meeting does not...
Arthur S
lefthanded_ny
Offline Send Email 		Jul 14, 2009
6:39 pm

True for you, Arthur -- but the creation of the service structure and thus of Group Representatives (GRs, now General Service Representatives, GSRs) leads to a...
J. Lobdell
jlobdell54
Offline Send Email 		Jul 17, 2009
7:47 pm

From Arthur S., GRault, and Larry Tooley - - - - "Arthur S" <ArtSheehan@...> (ArtSheehan at msn.com) Hi Jared I'm an active member in the General Service...
Arthur S
lefthanded_ny
Offline Send Email 		Jul 21, 2009
7:42 pm

Hi! Arthur As you point out, the Conference-approved pamphlet "The Group" says that "The main difference between meetings and groups is that A.A. groups...
J. Lobdell
jlobdell54
Offline Send Email 		Jul 25, 2009
7:29 pm

From Arthur S., Tim T., and Jon Markle - - - - From: "Arthur S" <ArtSheehan@...> (ArtSheehan at msn.com) Jared on this one I guess we'll have to do the old...
Arthur S
lefthanded_ny
Offline Send Email 		Jul 29, 2009
5:24 pm

In Los Angeles our AA meeting directory says that the first meeting in L.A. took place on December 19, 1939 but that meeting died out. The first meeting that...
Charles Grotts
chuckg052284
Offline Send Email 		Jul 21, 2009
6:58 pm

Hello,   There has always been some cloud of controversy about the founding of AA in Los Angeles. Kaye Miller, non-alcoholic, claimed that 1st meeting that...
Charles Knapp
cdknapp...
Offline Send Email 		Jul 29, 2009
5:12 pm

On Wash DC it's the boys of '39 (and Nov at that) tho' Florence and Fitz tried independently in 1937 or 1938, apparently. The 1995 WAIA History is on the net...
J. Lobdell
jlobdell54
Offline Send Email 		Jul 16, 2009
5:21 pm

From J. Lobdell and Don Bennitt, three corrections to John B.'s list - - - - From J. LOBDELL ... Hospital (December 1939) wrong -- ORANGEBURG ... 1940) WRONG...
J. Lobdell
jlobdell54
Offline Send Email 		Jul 13, 2009
6:58 pm

In order to keep the first 25 list accurate with source references please cite your source for dates of groups.   i.e. Philadelphia & Chicago.   Thanks - - -...
John Barton
jax760
Offline Send Email 		Jul 14, 2009
6:36 pm

For Philadelphia both Johnny L's letter to Ruth Hock and Jimmy B's reminiscences are available on line (silkworth and barefoot, I think). - - - -...
J. Lobdell
jlobdell54
Offline Send Email 		Jul 17, 2009
7:37 pm
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