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In 1939, John Henry Fitzhugh “Fitz” M. [right] received a copyright affidavit for Alcoholics Anonymous. Although he had been informed that this was an urgent matter and had received, by April 12, instructions along with the books and funds needed to file, he did not complete the filing until a week later. The instructions also specified that the book be registered to Works Publishing Company; however, he listed the owner as “Wm. G. W▓▓▓, trading as Works Publishing Co.” and the author as “Wm. G. W▓▓▓.”
In 1941,
Dave W., Bob E., and Cal S. held the first A.A. meeting in Seattle,
Washington, at the New Washington Hotel [left, c. 1910].
In 1941, an article about Alcoholics Anonymous by Lowel Lucas was published in the
Jacksonville (Florida) Journal. Earlier that month, A.A. member Tom S. had
visited the Journal and spoken with the city editor, informing him about the
national A.A. movement and its local initiatives. This article was the
result of that conversation. Lucas forwarded inquiries from the paper that
arose from the article to Tom. The first responses came from Charlie P.,
Bruce H., and Hugh C.. As a result, the Central Group of A.A. was
established, meeting at 2747 Riverside Ave. [right] in Jacksonville. All four founding members died sober.
In 1943, Florence R. K. died of pneumococcal meningitis.
She got sober in New York City as Florence R. around March 1938 and remained sober until at least April 1939, when the Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous, was published; the name change of the publishing company from The One Hundred Men Corporation to Works Publishing, Inc. was due to her getting sober and joining A.A. She wrote “A Feminine Victory” for the first edition of that book. While writing her story, she prayed for inspiration to present it in a way that would encourage other women to seek the help she had received. Later that year, Florence moved to Washington, D.C., to assist Fitz M. (“Our Southern Friend”) in starting an A.A. group there.
In a letter to Bill W. in 1939*, Fitz wrote, “She is in love with a hellion 15 years younger than she who feeds her beer—so says her landlady.” She ended up marrying him but then she disappeared. Eventually, Fitz was called to a morgue to identify her body.
* This letter is in the Washington [D.C.] Area Intergroup Association (WAIA) archives.
She got sober in New York City as Florence R. around March 1938 and remained sober until at least April 1939, when the Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous, was published; the name change of the publishing company from The One Hundred Men Corporation to Works Publishing, Inc. was due to her getting sober and joining A.A. She wrote “A Feminine Victory” for the first edition of that book. While writing her story, she prayed for inspiration to present it in a way that would encourage other women to seek the help she had received. Later that year, Florence moved to Washington, D.C., to assist Fitz M. (“Our Southern Friend”) in starting an A.A. group there.
In a letter to Bill W. in 1939*, Fitz wrote, “She is in love with a hellion 15 years younger than she who feeds her beer—so says her landlady.” She ended up marrying him but then she disappeared. Eventually, Fitz was called to a morgue to identify her body.
* This letter is in the Washington [D.C.] Area Intergroup Association (WAIA) archives.
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