ASSOCIATIONS

ASSOCIATIONS
XJohn F. Kennedy High School/St. Mary High School Alumni Association will hold a general meeting for all alumni at 6 p.m. Jan. 27 at the JFK cafeteria. Light refreshments will be served, and all alumni in attendance may attend the JFK vs. Cardinal Mooney boys basketball game afterward as guests. For more information contact Jim Boyle at JFK, (330) 369-1804.
XO-My-O Chapter of American Business Women Association will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at Davidson's in Cornersburg. The cost of the buffet dinner is $13. The topic will be membership month. Anyone interested in membership should call (330) 758-2564. For more information on the dinner or the association, call (330) 755-2701 or (330) 398-3196 by noon Monday. The chapter will sponsor a basket bingo at 2 p.m. Feb. 5 at Boardman Christian Church, refreshments will be served. For information on the event call (330) 758-2564.
XWilliam Penn Fraternal Association, Branch 28, will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Eat 'n Park in Boardman.
athletic groups
XGirard High School Athletic Boosters will meet at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the high school cafeteria.
XMcDonald Sideliners will meet at 7 p.m. Sunday in the senior citizens room at the post office building.
classes
XCampbell Memorial High School Class of 1953 will meet at 11:30 a.m. Monday at the Lone Star, U.S. Route 224, Poland. For further information call (330) 755-6542.
XCampbell Memorial High School Class of 1954 will meet for breakfast at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Steak 'n Shake, Applewood Boulevard, Boardman. Guests are welcome.
CLUBS
XCasa Savoia will meet at noon Wednesday at the Italian Eatery on Glenwood Avenue Extension. Reservations are to be made with Laura Cherol or Joanne Fabrizio.
XChapter CE of PEO Sisterhood will meet Wednesday at Canfield Presbyterian Church for a noon luncheon and meeting. The program will be exemplification. Betty Whitman and Joan Morrison will be hostesses.
XMcDonald Arts and Crafts Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the senior citizens room at the post office building.
XNewcomers Club will hold a monthly meeting at 11:30 a.m. Jan. 25 at the Olive Garden, U.S. Route 224, Boardman. Guest speaker will be Peg Flynn of the Green Team. Guests interested in attending should call (330) 707-9022 by Wednesday.
XYoungstown American Hungarian Club will meet at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the clubhouse. Discussion will include a chicken paprikash dinner Jan. 22, a valentine party for members and guests in February and a hurka sale. For reservations for these events, call Cyndi Wofton at (330) 538-9970.
XYoungstown Torch Club will meet Monday at Noodles Restaurant in Kilcawley Center on the campus of Youngstown State University. The 5:30 p.m. social hour will be followed by dinner at 6 and a program at 7. The featured speaker will be Benjamin B. Clayman, a senior at Liberty High School, who spent the past fall as a student at Aish Hatora in Jerusalem. His theme will be "Homo Sapiens, Homo Sapiens Sapiens and Robo Sapiens," which examines the effect of technology on mankind.
fraternal groups
XCroatian Fraternal Lodge No. 598 will meet at 12:45 p.m. Sunday in the senior citizens room at the post office building.
XMcDonald Knights of Columbus will meet at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the K. of C. Hall, Illinois Avenue.
guilds
XEmbroiderers Guild of America will meet at 10 a.m. and at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 24 at the IOOF Hall in Canfield with Todd Murdock presiding and conducting a project on Sunrise and Moonlight. Guests are welcome. For more information e-mail YoEGA@aol.com or write the guild at P.O. Box 5278, Poland, OH 44514.
XHolborn Herb Growers Guild will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Inn in Canfield at the fairgrounds. Candace Dixon, an artist, will conduct a program on natural environmental paper making. Installation of officers for 2006 will be held.
RELIGIOUS GROUPS
XDiocesan Infant Jesus of Prague Guild will hold a monthly Mass at 10 a.m. Tuesday following the 9:30 rosary. For more information call (330) 747-9537.
XSt. Rose Quilting Group will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the parish house.
XYoungstown Council of Catholic Nurses will meet at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at Johnny's, 7807 Market St. Officers will be installed, and Denise Ellis, community educator with Hospice of the Valley, will speak on "Your Care and Choice Options." New members are welcome.
SERVICE CLUBS
XGirard-Liberty Kiwanis will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Amen Corner, 20 W. Main St., Girard.
XGirard-Liberty Rotary will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Scenna's Family Restaurant, 1901 N. State St., Girard.
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: Sunday, dance at Choices in Liberty, members $3, nonmembers $4; Monday, walking at Southern Park Mall, meet at 6:30 p.m. at the food court; Tuesday and Wednesday, dancing with Judy Conti at 7 p.m. at Wedgewood Plaza, $5; Thursday, regular meeting; Jan. 20, cheap movies at Boardman, meet at 6:30 p.m.; and Jan. 21, performance of "Steel Magnolias" at Youngstown Playhouse. For information call (330) 729-0127, (330) 757-1440, (330) 799-8194, (330) 533-7707 or (330) 793-1484.
Societies
XMahoning County Chapter of Ohio Genealogical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at St. Charles Church, 7325 Westview Drive, Boardman. Members are asked to take a favorite family artifact or heirloom for a show-and-tell program. The Computer Interest group meeting is at 6 p.m.
XNiles Historical Society will elect officers at its annual membership meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Westenfield Room at the Ward-Thomas House Museum, 503 Brown St. The public is invited to the meeting, but only members can vote. For more information, call (330) 544-2143 or (330) 652-7159.
sororities
XGamma Pi Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma will meet at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 21 in the Oak Room at Mahoning County Career and Technical Center. Reservations are to be made with Mary Tsimouris as soon as possible. Ellen Conrad will be in charge of the 9:30 a.m. executive committee meeting, during which reports will be presented.
support groups
XAlzheimer's Family Support Group will meet at 1:30 a.m. Jan. 21 at Struthers Presbyterian Church, 110 Poland Ave. The meeting is free to all caregivers, family members and friends who have a loved one with memory problems. For information call the Greater East Ohio Area Alzheimer's Association at (330) 533-3300 or (800) 441-3322.
XAutism Support Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Comprehensive Children and Family Services, 194 E. State St., Sharon, Pa. Those interested in attending should call (724) 981-9900 by Monday; mention if child-care services are needed. The topic for the meeting will be "Education and IEP's."
XCo-Dependents Anonymous will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 2985 Center Road, Poland. For more information call (330) 743-3768.
XDivorce Care Recovery Seminar and Support Group will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Greenford Christian Church, 11767 Lisbon Road, Greenford. For more information call (330) 533-3278.
XDivorceCare Workshop will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday evenings for a 13-week period, beginning Feb. 6, at Old North Church of Canfield. The cost is $20. For more information or to register, call the church office, (330) 533-6848.
XMahoning Valley Fibromyalgia Support Group will meet at 8:30 p.m. Jan. 18 at Bethel Lutheran Church, 425 Crestview Drive, Boardman. Monica Baytos will present a program on "Accepting a New You." For more information call (330) 758-8413, (330) 797-1732 or (330) 565-7187.
XRecovery Inc. will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at Christ Church Presbyterian Church, 1933 Canfield Road. For more information call (330) 747-1176.
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.
XSurvivors of Suicide will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Boardman Christian Church, 565 Boardman-Canfield Road. For more information call Help Hotline Crisis Center, (330) 747-2696.
XTOPS 327 will meet at 6:15 p.m. Monday at Christ Church Presbyterian, 1933 Canfield Road, Boardman. The first meeting is free. Guests are welcome. For information call (330) 793-4378 or (330) 757-9368.
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. New members are welcome; the first night is free. For information call (330) 394-1262 or (330) 743-3517.
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.
XClub news is published on Friday and Saturday. Please submit information about upcoming activities to the Society Department by 5 p.m. each Thursday.