March 10 in A.A. History

In 1886, Frank S. Shaw, a descendant of Mayflower passengers, was born in Bath, Maine, to William and Jane Stinson Shaw. He would join the Wall Street firm J. K. Rice, Jr. & Co. in 1914 and eventually become a partner. Shaw would remain with the firm until two years before his death in 1959, when he retired for health reasons. He would become a good friend of Bill W. and an early supporter of Bill’s stock market theories. Shaw would marry Elise Valentine, a close childhood friend of Lois W.

In 1916, the day after Pancho Villa [near left] raided Columbus, New Mexico, and the U.S. Army post at Camp Furlong, killing 10 civilians and 8 soldiers, President Woodrow Wilson [center left] ordered an armed force under Brigadier General John J. “Black Jack” Pershing [far left] to Mexico for a “punitive expedition” aimed at capturing Villa and preventing further raids.
    As a result, the sophomore class at Norwich University, including Bill W.—all of whom had been expelled following a hazing incident in February—was readmitted and mobilized in June.

In 1939, Hank P. returned home to his wife, Kathleen, at 344 N. Fullerton Ave. [right] in Montclair, New Jersey, after staying at Bill and Lois W.’s house at 182 Clinton St. in Brooklyn during a 10-week separation.