WORTH A LOOK

ANTIQUE SHOWS
XHowland Community Church, 198 Niles-Cortland Road, S.E., Warren, will hold an antique show and sale from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Donation is $3, and food will be available.
BOOK SALES
XSt. Rose School will sponsor a used book sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 31 in the school cafeteria, 60 E. Main St., Girard.
CARD/BINGO PARTIES
XA card and bingo party will be held by the Christian Women's Organization from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at St. James the Apostle Church, state Route 422 W., New Bedford, Pa. Tickets are $5. For more information call (724)964-8276.
XA benefit card party will be held by the Oblate Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus at 2 p.m. Sunday at the church, 50 Warner Road, Hubbard. The donation is $5.50. For information or tickets call Anita Mazzi, (330)759-9605 or (330) 759-4540.
XThe Women's Guild and Men's Club of St. Mary Church, 3504 Main St., Mineral Ridge, will sponsor a card and bingo party from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Donation is $4, and doors will open at 1:30 p.m. There will be a lunch and door prizes. Tickets may be obtained after all Masses or by calling (330) 799-3607 or (330) 652-7060.
XShepherd of the Valley-Poland, 301 W. Western Reserve Road, will hold its "Spring Fling Card Party" from 1 to 4 p.m. Thursday. Donation is $4 per person, and proceeds will help fund special programs for residents. For information call Sheryle Snow, (330) 726-7110.
CRAFT SHOWS
XA craft and home and garden show will be sponsored by Canfield Lions Club as a fund-raiser from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Canfield High school, 100 Cardinal Drive, Canfield. Approximately 150 vendors will participate in the event. Parking and admission are free.
FUND-RAISERS
X A benefit carnival will be held for Bobby Rhine, a cancer patient, from noon to 7 p.m. Saturday at Mathews High School, Warren-Sharon Road, Vienna Center.
XThe Dianthus Chapter of the American Business Women's Association is sponsoring a comedy-mystery dinner, "Matriarch Mayhem," at 6 p.m. May 5 at the Opera House, 152 Park Ave., Cortland. The play focuses on a celebration honoring Mama Filomena Stromboli's 80th birthday and the audience is invited to solve the mystery that unfolds. A buffet dinner is included. Tickets are $40 and may be obtained by calling (724) 346-2689 or (330) 637-5391 by April 15. Seating is limited.
XSt. Joseph School and its Home and School Association will sponsor its annual basket raffle and Chinese auction. The event will be March 25 at St. Joseph School Lukehart Social Hall, 4565 New Road, Austintown. Doors will open at noon and drawings will start at 2 p.m. Tickets are $3 per sheet of 30 and may be obtained at the door. For information call Susan Jordan, (330) 788-6564 or (330) 793-4383, or Jodi Clowes, (330) 793-9916, committee co-chairmen.
XThe 13th annual auction for the benefit of the Women's Shelter-Rape Crisis Center of Lawrence County is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. March 30 at the New Englander, 3009 Wilmington Road, New Castle, Pa. For information call (724) 652-9206.
TOURS
XHubbard Lions Club will sponsor a bus trip to Windsor, Ontario, April 1. The bus will leave at 6 a.m. from Sky Bank in Hubbard, and cost is $40 per person which includes a $15 meal voucher good at participating restaurants. Deadline for reservations is March 29. For further information or reservations call Jack Choppa, (330) 534-5975; Jim Carsone, (330) 534-1440; Ed Patrick, (330) 534-0960; or Elmer Takash, (330) 448-7982.
XSts. Cyril and Methodius Church, 185 Laird Ave. N.E., Warren, is arranging a bus tour May 16 to the Canton area. The trip will include a boat ride on Lake Atwood, lunch and a visit to the Basket Store, Fort Lauren and the Gardens at Zoar and stops at Harry London Chocolates, the McKinley Memorial and Tomb of the Unknown Solder of the American Revolution. Departure will be at 7:45 a.m. from the church. The cost is $49. For information or reservations call Lillian Dillon, (330) 369-4286.
XA calendar of activities to which the public is invited is published Mondays. Please submit information to the Society Department by 5 p.m. Friday.