AA History

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AA History
Among the odd jobs that Bill cited in “Bill’s Story” was his
mention of working on a farm for a month. During 1925, Bill
and Lois took off on a trip down the east coast inspecting
companies to see if their stock might be good Wall Street
investments. They camped up and down the coast and
carried all of their belongings in the Harley-Davidson
motorcycle and sidecar that Bill had purchased.

At the end of April 1925, they stopped at the Goldfoot family
dairy farm in Scotia, New York near Schenectady. Mr.
Goldfoot had two sons, both of whom worked for General
Electric, a company that Bill was able to penetrate for
investment investigation by befriending some of their
employees during that month. They also worked for the
Goldfoots to earn some money to continue on this most
successful trip. Lois later acknowledged that she hadn't
cared if they earned a cent on the trip. She had been
hoping the fresh air and the hobo lifestyle would help
Bill slow up on his drinking.

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AA History
In “Bill’s Story," he mentioned, in passing, that he took a
night law course, with no further detail provided. He attended:

Brooklyn Law School
250 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, New York

This was located less than one-half mile from Bill and Lois's
home at 182 Clinton Street in Brooklyn, New York. In order to
get to his night class, Bill walked toward Schermerhorn Street,
turned right on Livingston Street and went a few blocks. He
then had to turn left onto Brooklyn Bridge Boulevard, go
another block and turn left again onto Joralemon Street where
the Law School was located.

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