CLUB CALENDAR | Area groups announce activities

ASSOCIATIONS

• Northeast Homeowners and Concerned Citizens Association will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Price Memorial AME Zion Church, 920 Dryden Ave., Youngstown. Anthony T. Traficanti, Mahoning County commissioner, will speak on Mahoning County government affairs, and Monica Bann of the American Insurance Co. will speak about homeowners protection. The meeting is open to residents of Youngstown’s first and second wards. For more information, call (330) 743-9372 between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.

• Tri-Gold Prime Time Chapter of American Business Women’s Association will have a holiday dinner Wednesday at the Holiday Inn on South Avenue in Boardman. A social hour will begin at 5:30 p.m., and dinner at 6 will be followed by entertainment. Guests are welcome. For reservations, call Sheila Thiry at (330) 770-3198 or Sally Birch at (330) 549-2561.

ATHLETIC GROUPS

• McDonald Midget Football Association will meet at 7 p.m. Sunday in the senior citizens room at the post office building.

• McDonald Sideliners meets every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Blue Devil Room at the high school.

AUXILIARIES

• Auxiliary to VFW Post 3538, Lowellville Road, Struthers, will hold a Christmas casserole dinner at 5:30 p.m. Monday. Members are asked to take their own table service and a casserole, dessert or salad. The telephone committee will call for reservations. A brief meeting will follow. Dues of $15 are due now and can be paid that night. Call Judy Dill at (330) 755-2701 for more information or if you were not contacted.

• ITAM Post 3 Auxiliary will have a meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the center on Meridian Road, followed by a Christmas dinner party. The cost for the dinner is $7 for paid-up members and $12 for guests. Reservations are being accepted by Diana Endress, (330) 793-5213, or Joanne Malys, (330) 782-0340.

• St. Anthony’s Auxiliary of Struthers will hold its Christmas party at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Blue Wolf Banquet and Catering Center on Lockwood Boulevard, Boardman. Members are to make reservations with the telephone committee. Entertainment will follow the dinner, and a collection will be taken for St. Vincent de Paul Society to benefit the needy. Marie Kondart, Eleanor Stoich, Teresa Colista, Julie Vasel and Lora Opsitnik are in charge.

CLASSES

• Campbell Memorial High School Class of 1950 will meet for lunch at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Johnny’s Restaurant on Market Street.

• Woodrow Wilson High School January and June Classes of 1947 will meet for breakfast at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Denny’s in Boardman. Members of the 1946 and 1948 classes are also welcome. No reservations are needed.

CLUBS

• Austintown II Homemakers will meet at 11:30 a.m. Thursday for a Christmas luncheon at Charlie’s Restaurant. There will be an optional $5 gift exchange

• Mahoning Valley Cribbage Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at St. James Church, 7640 Glenwood Ave., Boardman. Any interested new players are welcome. For more information, call (330) 757-9503.

• McDonald Parents of Performing Arts will meet at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the senior citizens room at the post office building.

• Youngstown Mothers of Twins Club will hold a Christmas party at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Rachel’s Restaurant on Mahoning Avenue. Spouses are welcome. Hostesses will be Holly Money, Paula Wonner and Yvonne Wilson. For more information, call Michele Porter, (330) 530-2128.

FRATERNAL GROUPS

• Girard Golden Eagles meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Girard Free Library, 105 E. Prospect St.

GRANGES

• Christmas will be observed at Dublin Grange at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Members are asked to take nonperishable food for a needy family and finger foods for lunch.

GUILDS

• McDonald Literary Guild will meet at 8 p.m. Thursday at Woodland Park United Methodist Church.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

• Junior Seton Circle will hold a Christmas luncheon and program of holiday music beginning at noon Thursday at A La Cart Catering in Canfield. A social service collection will be taken by the social committee. Hostesses will be Clare Vanderhoof, chairman, with Mary Swartz and Geri Soroka. There will be no January meeting.

• Knights of Columbus in Struthers will have a Christmas party at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Rusty’s on South Avenue. Hostesses will be Julie Mrofchak, Minnie Edwards and Ruth Yurcick.

• Mount Carmel Society of St. Rose Church will have a Christmas Party at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Armando’s Restaurant, Liberty. The cost is $16 per person. Any member who is not contacted for a reservation should call (330) 545-9594.

• St. Rose Catholic Women’s Club will have a Christmas party at 6 p.m. Monday at St. Mark Church Social Hall on Logan Way. The cost for the dinner is $16.

• St. Rose Quilting Group will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the parish house.

• St. Vincent DePaul Society of St. Rose Church will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the lower church.

SERVICE CLUBS

• Girard-Liberty Kiwanis will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at The Golf Dome, 1300 N. State St.

SINGLES

• D.A.R.E., a social group for divorced, widowed or separated people, will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Disciples Christian Church, 565 Boardman-Canfield Road. Other activities include: Monday and Wednesday, meet at food court at 6:30 p.m. for a walk in Southern Park Mall; Tuesday, dance lessons with Judy Conti at 7 p.m. at Wedgewood Plaza, cost is $5; Thursday, new member meeting at church at 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 14, cheap movies at 6:30 p.m. in Boardman; and Dec. 15, bowling at Boardman Lanes at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call (330) 759-7409, (330) 757-1440 or (330) 793-1484.

• Single For Any Reason has planned the following event: today, take snacks and play cards; Saturday, Wild Turkey Band Christmas dinner party at 7:30 p.m. at Reynold’s VFW, Edgewood Street, Reynolds, Pa., cost is $10 per person; Sunday, form a car pool for trip to Oglebay Park for Festival of Lights, shopping and dinner; and Dec. 15, dance to Road Work Band at Niles Moose from 8 p.m. to midnight, $5 cover for nonmembers of Moose. For more information, call (330) 372-7124.

SUPPORT GROUPS

• Alzheimer’s Assistance and Referral Network, 4212 Market St., Youngstown, has scheduled the following meetings: Monday at 7 p.m. at St. John Russian Orthodox Church, 322 Struthers-Liberty Road, Campbell; Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 2305 S. Canfield-Niles Road, Austintown; and Wednesday at 7 p.m. at St. Charles Church, Boardman-Canfield Road at Westview, Boardman. For information, call (330) 788-9755 or (866) 822-2102.

• Fred Childress Greater Mahoning Valley Parkinson’s Support Group will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday at Western Reserve United Methodist Church, 4580 Canfield Road, with Ralph and Mary Fagert and John and Verna Siersdorfer as hosts. There will be a Christmas party featuring a covered dish dinner with meat, beverage and dessert provided. Members are asked to take a salad or vegetable dish to share and a table service. There will be no January meeting. For additional information, call Miriam Whetstone, (330) 758-8318.

• Mahoning Valley New Voice Club support group will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Youngstown Hearing and Speech Center in Beeghly Medical Park, 6614 Southern Blvd. For more information, contact Donna Hendricks, (330) 726-8855.

• TOPS 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) 545-4770.

• TOPS 822, Struthers, will meet Tuesday at Struthers Presbyterian Church, 110 Poland Ave. Weigh-in will be from 6 to 6:30 p.m. before the meeting.

• TOPS 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.

• TOPS 1805, Canfield, will meet Wednesday at Canfield Christian Church, Canfield. Weigh-in will be from 7:45 to 8:15 a.m. with the meeting to follow until 9. For information, call Gerri Brown, (330) 533-4172 or Judy Toth at (330) 533-2464.

VETERANS

• Catholic War Veterans Paul Sgambatti Post 1903 and Auxiliary will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the parish house meeting room.

• Club news is published Friday and Saturday. Please submit information about upcoming activities to the Society Department by 5 p.m. Thursday.