MARCH 1947 "LARGE FORMAT"( NEWSPAPER STYLE) GRAPEVINE WITH MANY, MANY GREAT HISTORIC ARTICLES SUCH AS NEWS OF THE FORMATION (AND CITY/STATE LOCATIONS) OF 118 NEW GROUPS IN THE PRECEDING TWO MONTHS, **ANNOUNCEMENT** OF THE "FIRST" TOP-OF-TEXAS ROUNDUP (FOR YEARS THIS WAS ONE OF THE "MOST" PRESTIGIOUS AA ROUNDUP'S/CONFERENCES TO BE INVITED TO, IT WAS RUMORED BY SPEAKERS THAT ONE HAD "ARRIVED" AS A SPEAKER ONLY AFTER BEING INVITED TO THE "TOP", EDITORIAL ON 5TH. STEP,...SPECIAL/ORIGINAL ARTICLE BY BILL W. ON LINKING AA TO OTHER PROJECTS (REMEMBER THE TRADITIONS HAD NOT BEEN ACCEPTED YET)...ARTICLES OF HAPPENINGS AT EXISTING AND NEW GROUPS, "News clipping" OF STARTING OF A GAMBLER'S ANONYMOUS GROUP AFTER AA(1947)..THIS ISSUE CONTAINS MUCH GROUP HISTORY ..REGARDS....PETE