JANUARY 1947(THE GRAPEVINE WAS ONLY ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS OLD AT THIS TIME) ARTICLE BY "DR. WILLIAM SILKWORTH "(HE WROTE THE "DOCTOR'S OPINION IN THE "BIG BOOK" AND WAS REFERRED BY BILL AND OTHERS AS THE "DOCTOR" WHO LOVED DRUNKS...HE DIED JUST A FEW YEARS AFTER THIS ARTICLE) ALSO "ORIGINAL" TRADITIONS ARTICLE BY BILL (THIS WAS BEFORE THE FELLOWSHIP ACCEPTED THEM AND BILL WAS TRYING TO "SELL" THE FELLOWSHIP ON THEIR NEED THROUGH HIS WRITINGS SUCH AS THESE IN THE GRAPEVINE....MANY VERY GOOD ARTICLES AND HISTORY INFORMATION INCLUDING LISTING OF GROUPS IN CONN. AND MASS. IN PAST TWO YEARS....BEST REGARDS...PETE