June 27 in A.A. History

1890: Daniel Doherty “Dohr” S. [left] was born in Logansport, Indiana, the fifth of ten children to Mary Agnes Doherty and Simon Patrick S.

1938: [Lois Remembers says June 15] In her diary, Lois noted that she “got mad at Bill,” and he consequently “went over to Jersey for lunch.” She added that he “came close to taking a drink” [right: Lois & Bill in a happier moment, c. late 1930s]. Lois had just returned to 182 Clinton St. on the 25th, after a five-day visit with her sister. Lois later wrote in Lois Remembers, her memoir, “I got mad at Bill and he dashed out to take a drink, but went to [Hank & Kathleen] P――s [sic] instead.”

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1924: [Fall] Bill W. returned to Brooklyn Law School, intending to graduate in June. However, he failed “Executors and Administrators,” a course on wills, estates, and trusts, and was required to retake it.

1926: [Summer] Rowland Hazard III [far left, 1921] and his family traveled to Europe, where he sought help for his alcoholism from Dr. Carl Jung [near left] in Switzerland. He spent two weeks to two months with Jung, who ultimately encouraged him to pursue a spiritual experience—the only solution Jung had ever found effective.

1927: The French prayer “Belle prière à faire pendant la messe” (A Beautiful Prayer to Say During Mass) first appeared in English in Kirby Page’s book, Living Courageously [near right: cover; far right: p. 277, prayer at bottom of page]. Page [far left], a Disciple of Christ minister, pacifist, social evangelist, author, and editor of The World Tomorrow [near left], included the English version of the prayer at the end of his article titled “Prevent War,” attributing it to St. Francis of Assisi. This prayer, originally published in December 1912 in Paris, France, in the magazine La Clochette (The Little Bell), later became known as “The Prayer of St. Francis.”

1927: Bill and Lois W. rented an apartment in Brooklyn. In her memoir, Lois Remembers, Lois wrote:

    Upon returning to Brooklyn [after stopping in Miami Beach to see Bill’s father, on the way home from Cuba] we rented a fine, three-room apartment at 38 Livingston Street [right, c. 1940] in a good residential neighborhood. Bill was beginning to feel his financial oats; so when a neighbor moved out of the apartment next door, we took on that, too, and had the in-between wall pulled down. A three-year lease and a promise to pay for replacing the wall were necessary. Bill, although flush at the time, was well aware that he was in an unstable business. So he offered to pay the three years’ rent in advance, but this was refused. We now had two bedrooms, two baths, two kitchens and one tremendous living room. That was the point of it all—Bill loved big living rooms. A grand piano [far left: refurbished (not theirs), 1927] was needed, of course, to help fill the expanded space. Bill bought a Mason and Hamlin, and I recently came across the old bill—$1,600 [actually it was $1,650, ~$31,600 in 2026; near left: 10 Dec 1928 invoice from John Wanamaker].

1928: Sister Ignatia [near right] became the admissions officer at St. Thomas Hospital in Akron, Ohio, where she met Dr. Robert “Bob” S. [far right, 1918], who was a courtesy staff member. The two quickly formed a friendship.
    A trained and talented musician, Sister Ignatia had joined the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine in 1914. She taught music to children until she experienced a complete breakdown. After her recovery, she was reassigned to St. Thomas to safeguard her health.