ASSOCIATIONS

ASSOCIATIONS
XTrumbull Retired Teachers Association will hold a general meeting at noon Tuesday at G's Golden Restaurant on Parkman Road, Warren. Reservations are $7.50 per person and due today; call Ruby Hawkins (330) 898-4547. Belinda Shaw from the STRS Health Care Department will speak about the new prescription drug plans sponsored by Medicare. Members are asked to take clothing donations as well as eyeglasses, yarn, hearing aids and canceled stamps.
ATHLETIC GROUPS
XMcDonald Midget Football Association will meet at 7 p.m. Sunday in the senior citizens room at the post office building.
XMcDonald Sideliners meet every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Blue Devil Room at the high school.
AUXILIARIES
XITAM Post 3 Auxiliary will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the clubroom with Lucille Sigler presiding. Dues will be collected. Hostesses will be Jean Mavrikis and Phyllis Zizzo.
XSt. Elizabeth Health Center Auxiliary will meet at noon Monday in the guest dining room. The speaker will be Barbara Turner, coordinator of Humility of Mary Health Partners Program.
XVFW 3538 Auxiliary, 157 Lowellville Road, will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday to discuss the card party that will be held at 6 p.m. Oct. 25. For tickets contact Kay Meyers at (330) 755-0792, Darlene Zaba at (330) 755-0365 or Irma Biroschak at (330) 757-4139. Dues of $15 are due. A social time will follow.
CLASSES
XWoodrow Wilson High School January and June Classes of 1947 will meet at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday for breakfast at Denny's in Boardman. Classes of 1946 and 1948 are welcome. No reservations are required.
CLUBS
XAustintown Homemakers Club will meet at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Smith Corners United Methodist Church to carpool to the Dutch Haus in Columbiana for lunch and shopping.
XCanfield Business and Professional Women will meet at noon Thursday at A La Cart Catering in Canfield. The program will feature Casal's De Spa & amp; Salon.
XMcDonald Parents of Performing Arts will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the senior citizens room at the post office building.
XWomencare Center of UPMC Horizon's book club and coffee group will discuss "The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment," by Eckhart Tolle on Mondays. The group meets from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Womancare Center, 875 N. Hermitage Road, Hermitage, Pa. There is no fee to participate except for the cost of the book, which can be purchased at a discount at the center. For more information or to register for the group, call (724) 347-7700 or (866) 347-7700.
XYoungstown Torch Club will meet Oct. 17 in the Breshnahan Suite I and II at Kilcawley Center on the campus of Youngstown State University. A social hour at 5:30 p.m. and dinner at 6 will be followed by a talk on "Slavery Today" by Dr. Lowell J. Satre, emeritus professor of history at YSU. For inquiries or reservations, call (330) 792-7351.
COUNCILS
XNational Council of Negro Women Inc., Youngstown Section, will hold a 29th annual membership luncheon at noon Oct. 15 at the Associated Neighborhood Centers/McGuffey Centers, 1649 Jacobs Road. Featured will be a Chinese auction at 11 a.m. followed by the celebration of "Legacy of Mary McLeod-Bethune." Guest speaker will be Sarah Brown Clark, Youngstown clerk of courts. For tickets contact Jewel Black, (330) 759-0038.
FRATERNAL GROUPS
XGirard Golden Eagles will meet Sunday at the Girard Free Library, 105 E. Prospect St.
GRANGES
XDublin Grange will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the grange hall for a harvest program. Members are asked to take gloves, scarves and caps for the deaf school in Columbus. Earl and Zella Baker will be delegates to the Ohio State Grange Convention in Toledo to be held Oct. 21-25.
GUILDS
XMcDonald Literary Guild will meet at 8 p.m. Thursday at Woodland Park United Methodist Church.
LIBRARY GROUPS
XFriends of Boardman Library will meet Monday in the library community room. A social will begin at 6 p.m., and the program will follow at 6:30. The guest speaker will be Rebecca Wehr on the topic, "Handwriting Analysis." A brief business meeting will follow. Reservations are required. Books and magazines in good condition are collected the first and third Saturday each month and sold to support library reading programs.
RELIGIOUS GROUPS
XJunior Seton Circle will meet at noon Thursday at A La Cart Catering in Canfield. Lynn Zocolo will present the program, "Gift of a Garden," and hostesses will be Marilyn Rhiel, chairwoman, and Peg Cooney, Betty DePrim and Dorothy Calpin.
XMount Carmel Society of St. Rose Church will observe guest night with a catered dinner at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the lower church.
XSt. Monica Guild of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Youngstown, will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
XSt. Rose Quilting Group meets at 10 a.m. every Wednesday in the parish house.
XSt. Vincent DePaul Society of St. Rose Church will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the church.
XVoice of the Faithful in the Diocese of Youngstown is having an organizational meeting at 3 p.m. Sunday in the church hall of St. Rose Church, 48 E. Main St., Girard.
XYoungstown Flame Fellowship will meet at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 17 at Boardman Community Center in Boardman Township Park. Guest speaker will be Suzie Hammersmith, an elder and dance leader at her church.
SERVICE CLUBS
XGirard-Liberty Kiwanis will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Scenna's Family Restaurant, 1901 N. State St.
XGirard-Liberty Rotary will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Amen Corner, 20 W. Main St.
XRotary Club of Struthers will be celebrating its 50th anniversary with a dinner at 6 p.m. Oct. 19 at the Mauthe Park All-Purpose Center. The buffet dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. with a cost of $20 per person. Reservations must be received by Oct. 14. No tickets will be sold at the door. For reservations call Tom Baringer at (330) 755-4845 or Anthony Quahliero at (330) 750-1321.
SINGLES
XD.A.R.E., a social group for divorced, widowed or separated people, will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Boardman Christian Church, 565 Boardman-Canfield Road. Other activities include: Monday, biking at 6:30 p.m. on Kirk Road; Monday and Tuesday, dance lessons with Judy Conti at 7 p.m. at Wedgewood Plaza, cost is $5; Wednesday, meet at Dr. Shah office parking lot at 6 p.m. for walk on Mill Creek Path; Thursday, installation of officers; Oct. 14, meet at 7 p.m. at Mocha House for a ghost walk; and Oct. 15, bowling at Boardman Lanes. For information call (330) 729-0127, (330) 757-1440, (330) 799-8194, (330) 533-7707 or (330) 793-1484.
XSingle For Any Reason events are as follows: stitching night at 7 p.m. Tuesday,call (330) 372-7124; newsletter deadline Thursday, call (330) 530-3210; take snacks and play cards at 7 p.m. Oct. 14; and carpool to the Covered Bridge Festival in Jefferson at 10 a.m. Oct. 15, call (330) 372-7124.
SOCIETIES
XMercer County Historical Society will meet Tuesday for its Civil War roundtable discussion at society headquarters, 119 S. Pitt St., then take a lantern-light walking tour of Mercer borough cemeteries. Bill Philson, MCHS executive director, will lead the way and speak on various aspects of the Civil War. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the program starts at 7. Participants should take flashlights. Donations will be accepted to benefit Old Mercer Cemetery restoration and improvements. For information call the society at (724) 662-3490.
SUPPORT GROUPS
XAlzheimer Assistance and Referral Network has scheduled the following support group meetings: Boardman: second Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. at St. Charles Church, Boardman-Canfield Road, park in back and enter main doors; Boardman: the fourth Monday of the month at 1:30 p.m. at the Easter Seals Office, 721 Boardman-Poland Road, park in back or side; Canfield: third Friday of the month at 10 a.m. at Canfield Christian Church, 123 Broad St., park in back; Cornersburg: second Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at Christ Church Presbyterian, 1933 Canfield Road, park in back or side; Girard: third Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m. at Girard Public Library, 105 E. Prospect St., park in back; and Warren, first Wednesday of the month at 10 a.m. at Easter Seals Office, 155 S. Park Ave., park in back, parking voucher will be validated. All meetings are free and open to the public. For more information call (330) 788-9755 or (866) 822-2102.
XFred Childress Greater Mahoning Valley Parkinson Support Group will meet from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday at Western Reserve United Methodist Church, 4580 Canfield Road. The topic of the videotape and discussion will be "Emotional Health."
XHope, a Christian support group for women who are dealing with the pains that mental or physical infidelity brings as a result of pornography in their family, will meet from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays in Building D at Greenford Christian Church, 11767 Lisbon Road, Greenford. Class size is limited. For more information call the church at (330) 533-3278.
XMahoning Valley New Voice Club, a support group for laryngectomees and their families and friends, will hold its next meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Youngstown Hearing and Speech Center, Beeghly Medical Park, 6614 Southern Blvd., Boardman. For more information, contact Donna Hendricks at Youngstown Hearing and Speech Center at (330) 726-8855.
XSecond Wind Support Group, for those with breathing disabilities, holds meetings the second Thursday of each month at Denny's, Route 224, Boardman, for lunch. Anyone interested may call (330) 757-1848 or (330) 506-7184.
XStatus Weight Support Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Simon Road Church of God, Boardman. Weigh-ins are from 6 to 6:30. For information call (330) 965-7647.
XTOPS 698, Girard, will meet Monday at First Christian Church, 140 E. Broadway. Weigh-in is from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m. followed by the meeting at 7. For information call (330) 394-1262 or (330) 743-3517. An open house will be held at the church from 7 to 8 p.m. Oct. 17.
XTOPS 822, Struthers, will meet Tuesday at Struthers Presbyterian Church, 110 Poland Ave. Weigh-in will be held from 6 to 6:30 p.m. prior to the meeting.
XTOPS 1262, McDonald, will meet Wednesday in the senior citizens room at the post office building. Weigh-in is from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., and the meeting will follow. New members are welcome.
VETERANS
XCatholic War Veterans Paul Sgambatti Post 1903 and its auxiliary will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday in the parish house meeting room.
XVFW Triangle Post 2799, 3161 E. South Range Road, New Springfield, will have karaoke from 9 to 12:30 a.m. Oct. 14. The auxiliary will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
XClub news is published Friday and Saturday. Please submit information about upcoming activities to the Society Department by noon each Thursday.