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- Ten: Continue to -take personal inventory
and when we were wrong promptly, admit-
ted it,
- Eleven Sought through prayer and
meditation to improve our conscious contact
with God as we understood him, praying on-
ly for knowledge of His will for us and the
power to carry that out.
- Twelve: Having had a spiritual awakening
as the, result of the steps, we tried to carry
this message to alcoholics, and to practice
these principles in all our affairs.
"At first it all seems simple, highly sen-
timental, even a kind ofgenteel fascim
where no one thinks very far beyond the
`program,' " wrote one new Alcholics
Anonymous member in The Toronto Star.
"But it works. It seems to me I have been
waiting all my life for something that works.
I am slapped across the face by this rude
epiphany - that my destiny will rise or fall
with these people, alcoholics, people with
messier pasts than my own. I know now.
There is no other way," he concluded.
The fact that the program works in this
world of quick and easy solutions for any
problem that ails you is the group's best
advertising. One AA member said 50 per
cent of those going to an AA meeting stay in
the program and 35 per cent of those attem-
ping the program for the second time stay
with the group for about five years.
"Of the 15 per cent who are in and out, we
know that eventually the attraction the 'pro-
gram has will draw them to us." It's hard to
argue with a success rate ofethose propor-
tions.
Celebrating50 years of helping
Members of Alcoholics Anonymous con-
verged on Montreal at the beginning of July
to attend AA's 50th anniversary celebration.
Alcoholics Anonymous started after Dr.
Bob, one of the co-founders, turned away
from a drink to make a phone call which led
,to the other co-founder; Bill W. That was Dr.
Bob's last drink, on June 10,1935.
Bill W. had been pronounced a hopeless
alcoholic in 1934 by Dr. William Silkworth,
later one of Alcoholics Anonymous' medical
• friends and the man who gave alcoholics
their first indication of the nature of their il-
lness. Dr. Silkworth said that'alcoholism is a
combination of. a physical allergy (it has
recently been discovered. that alcoholics
seem to metabolize alcohol in a different
manner than non -alcoholics) .and a mental
obsession. Upholias know it to be a three
fold illness•_:..,anding s_encompassing the
physical, Mental and spiritual spheres of an
individual. •
Later that same year, one of Bill's friends,
•Ebby • T., told Bill of the Oxford Groups,
which had sobered up Ebby.
In December of the same year, 1934, Bill
had a spiritual experience, the one now so
important to the sobering alcoholic. He tried
to help alcoholics but failed to sober any of
them.
Then came the phone call.
` Two years later, AA separated from the
original Oxford Groups because of basic
philitophical differences - the Oxford
Groups only helped white angio saxon types
whereas AA recognized the need of all peo-
ple, regardless of race or colour or. religion -
and counted 40 sober people, the first indica-
tion of real success.
In April 1939, after membership had
reached 100, the book. Alcoholics
Anonymous, known as the Big Book, was
• published.
An article in the Saturday Evening Post in
1941 caused tremendous expansion for the
group. Within a year, the group member-
ship had jumped from 2,000 to 8,000.
By 1957 AA membership had reached over
200,000 in 7,000 groups in 70 countries and
U.S possessions.
And as of 1984, AA has 2,000,000 registered
members in 114 countries and the group
believes that another 30 to 35 per cent are
unregistered practitioners of the AA
philosophy. Also, the first AA group in the
Soviet blvd has been established in Poland.
The Big Book recently passed the 4,000,000
volumes sold mark in September 1984, a
good indication that more people are becom-
ing aware of their illness and are making
the effort to sober up.
About `200,000 people are expected in
Monteal for the golden anniversary, the big-
gest AA gathering ever. And the 'coffee bill
is expected to be over $7,000,000.
The "Big Book" treated as bible by AA organization
"Alcoholics Anonymous," the bible of the
organization Alcoholics Anonymous, also
simply called the Big Book by AA members, •
passed the 4,000,000 copy mark in
September 1983 after 45 years of publishing.
According to the General Service Board of
the organization, "little notice was taken of
the event" because the publisher. "was too
busy filling orders from the more that) 36,000
AA groups in the U.S.. and Canada for other
literaure: over 1,000,000 books and 7,01)0,000
pamphlets in 1983."
The organization later realized the
significance of the number of books sold.
"As we are anonymous," said Bob P.,
general manager of the AA General Serviee
Office, "and keep no records of individual
members, we make no attempt to keep
track of the size of our organization."
"Ho'weveir, since the Big Book is purchas-
ed mainly for new members, its sales in-
dicate that membership is growing sharp -
Sales of `Alcoholics Anonymous" have
been steadily increasing and at an ever -
faster rate. It took 34 years to sell the first - The 4,000,000 figure represents only sales
million copies; only five years to sell the se- of English-language editions. in the U.S. and..
cond million; three -plus years for the third Canada. Countless copies are published by •
million; and just two years for the fourth AA offices overseas in 13 other languages—
million. One member estimates the fifth including Afrikaans, Dutch, Finnish,
million will be sold in 1985 alone. Flemish, French; German, Icelandic,
The first printing in 1945 was for 5,000 Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Portugese,
copies and that number is now sold every Spanish, and Swedish."
two days. The Big Book was originally priced at
• According to AA information, "This is $3.50 and still retails for only $5.65 ($4.65 for
especially remarkable in view of the follow AA members). Copies may be obtained by
ing facts: writing AA World Services, Inc.,. Box 459;
- The book is obtainable only by ordering , Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163.
from AA service offices. It is generally not
available in.bookstores.
- It has never been advertised or promoted.
- No author or editor is identified. It is truly
"anonymous:"
- The basic text, contained in the first 11
chapters, has remained unchanged and is
exactly as written 45 years ago; the second
portion of the book, consisting of personal
recovery stories, has ,been changed in suc-
cessive editions to reflect the mix of people
coming into AA over the years.
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With the aid of the federal proovincial COED
rogram, an amalgamation of the federal
otEmployment and Immigration
and Ontario's Minister of Labour.
The COED program. supplied $300,000 and
because the Works Department was incor-
porated into the complex, the Ministry of
Transportation and Communications
(MTC) allotted $200,000 for labour as their
share.
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Between the MTC and COED grants and
the township contribution, the complex's
cost of $1.1 million is accounted for• The
township covered 100 per cent of the costs
fir the.new administration centre, barring
the MTC labour grant.
Although township costs end with the
$90 000 bill for 1987, Mr. Graham said it is
'newly, the mill rates will decrease. ln-
tead, that money will go to rebuilding the
°municipality's depleted reserves.
September workshop planned
The June meeting of the Huron County nout. Speakers will be Brian Gilchrist of
Genealogical Society was opened by Gregg Toronto, Don Hasson of Goderich, Elizabeth
Lobb of Clinton„with a reading of his own Willmot Kettlewell of Clinton and Ryan
peom entitled "My House". In the poem the, Taylor of Kitchener. The date has been set
house talked to Gregg and told him of its for Sept. 21 at the Canadian Legion in
Goderich.
Chairman Karen Harman advised that
the tour of university libraries which had
been scheduled for early June had been
cancelled due to lack of response ,.and will be
re -scheduled for some time in Septernber.
Please speak to Karen. at a meeting if you
are interested in taking this most in-
teresting and informative tour.
Mystery prize of the evening, a shopping
reminder, was won by Karen Harman.
Speakers for the evening were Evelyn
Olde of Clinton and Myrtle Johnston of
Goderich. Both ladies had attended the On-
tario Genealogical Seminar held in Toronto
in May of this year. Each presented a brief
outline of the classes they had attended and
events that were held. A full copy will be
available for reading from our library.
The Ontairo Genealogical Society has for
sale letter openers and pens to com-
memorate their 25th anniversary in 1986.
These are available for purchase from our
branch and will also be available at the
September workshop.
history -and many of the events that had oc-
curred within its walls. A fascinating tale!
Gregg was thanked by Carole Robinson and
presented with a token of the Branch's ap-
preciation.
Queries were read from persons sear-
ching for information on the following
families: Lunn. (Lund?), Howick; Rogers,
Fordwich area; Mongomery, Colbourne;
Campbell, Brussels; Rich, Goderich;
Wilson / Glenn / Stewart, Tuckersmith;
Diamond Estate, Exeter; British Exchange
Hotel, Goderich; Turner, Goderich Twp.;
Burkholder, Zurich; Young / Dale, Hullett;
Stewart / Walker, West Wawanosh;
Richardson, Ashfield; Noble (Paisley),
Wawanosh; Smaill / Oliver, Goderich.
Anyone having any information is requested
to, contact Research Co-ordinator Nancy
Kale at 345-2908.
September Workshop Co-ordinator Carole
Robinson announced that this year will be
the 6th Annual and requested that the word
be spread as we are hoping for a record tur-
OFA to rally at Queen's Park
The Ontario Federation of Agriculture
(OFA) will be holding a rally at Queen's
Park on Wednesday, July 10. OFA presi-
dent, Harry Pelissero, said the rally, which
will include visits to federal government of-
fices, constituency offices of federal cabinet
ministers and the offices of members of the
provincial . parliament (MPPs), has been
called to show politicians that farmers are
"fed up."
"For the last few years, politicians and
farm leaders have been saying that
agriculture is at a crossroads. That state-
ment is no longer true," Pelissero said.
"We've passed the crossroads, and farmers
don't like the direction we're headed."
"Agriculture is a joint federal -provincial
responsibility. The federal government
wrote agriculture off in its budget. We're go-
ig to encourage, the new provincial govern-
ment not to mak the same mistake."
He said politicans must ' recognize that
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a negative impact on job creation. "The
agri-food sector affects nearly three million
jobs in Canada. That includes everyone
from steel workers to grocery store clerks.
These figures can't be ignored and neither
can the primary producers. We've had
enough rhetoric, we need action," Pelissero
said.
Farmers from all over Ontario will be in-
vited to attend the rally, scheduled for 11:30
on July 10. County federations of agriculture
are busy talking to farmers, and have been
encouraged to— invite people whose
businesses depend on agriculture to attend
as well, Pelissero said.
Three separate events will occur
simultaneously on the 10th. Farmers will be
visiting the federal government offices, con-
stituency, offices and MPPs at the same.
time.. Then they will .meet at Queen's Park
at 11:30.
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