ATHLETIC GROUPS

ATHLETIC GROUPS

X McDonald Baseball Association will meet at 6 p.m. Jan. 6 in the senior citizens room at the post office building.

BOOSTERS

X McDonald Basketball Boosters will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the high school cafeteria.

CLASSES

X The Struthers High School Class of 1956 will meet at 9 a.m. Jan. 12 at Bedford Trails Restaurant in Lowellville. All classmates are welcome. For reservations. Call June Stoeber at (330) 207-7879 or e-mail Barb Bradford at zeldamay1938@yahoo.com.

CLUBS

X Ohio Cultural Alliance will meet at 6 p.m. Jan. 14 at Antone’s Banquet Hall, 8578 Market St., Boardman. The guest speaker will be Bertram de Souza, Vindicator columnist. Folk and African American selections will be by the Seraphim Singers. The cost is $13 for paid-up members and $18 for nonmembers. Checks, payable to the alliance, should be mailed to OCA, P.O., Box 561, Canfield, Ohio 44406-0561 by Jan. 9.

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

X Youngstown Women’s Connection will have a New Beginnings luncheon at noon Jan. 8 at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish Center, 4500 Norquest Blvd., Austintown. Jeanne Valot will present a program on “Crazy Fashions,” special music will be by Dona Hewitt, and Lisa Haley will speak on “Staying Afloat When Life Capsizes You.” The cost is $10. Reservations for the luncheon and free child care are to be made by Wednesday by calling (330) 792-1058 or (330) 286-5333. Cancellations are required by Jan. 7.

FRATERNAL GROUPS

X The Eagles REAC Club No. 2172 meets at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Eagles Hall, Wilson Ave.

LODGES

X William Farr Lodge will meet at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Girard Masonic Temple.

POLITICAL CLUBS

X Warren Republican Women’s Club will hold a monthly meeting at noon Thursday at DiLucia’s Restaurant on Elm Road. Mary Duke will be the guest speaker. She is founder and executive director of Teen Straight Talk, which teaches abstinence for teens. The club invites the public to attend. Cost is $12. For reservations, call (330) 856-4659.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

X McDonald Knights of Columbus will meet at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the K. of C. Hall, Illinois Avenue.

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

SINGLES

X 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: Wednesday, meeting at food court for walk in Southern Park Mall at 6:30 p.m.; Thursday, new member meeting at church at 7:30; Jan. 4, indoor golf at Glow Fore It, Market St., Boardman, at 7:30. For more information call (330) 759-7409, (330) 757-1440 or (330) 793-1484.

X Parents Without Partners, Portage County Chapter 600, will have a dance at 7:30 at Kent VFW 3703 Post Home, 500 VFW Parkway, Kent. The cost for the dinner and dance is $15 for members and guests. Those interested in joining PWP should call (330) 699-2361 or (330) 322-9559 for more information.

X Single For Any Reason has planned the following: Monday, New Year’s Eve options, dance to Road Work Band at Red Garter Saloon from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., cost $15 per person or $25 a couple; or dance to Wild Turkey Band in Niles from 8:30 to 12:30 a.m.; Wednesday, eat at Top Notch diner in Cortland at 6:30 with meeting to follow; Jan. 4, take snacks and play cards; Jan 5, Dance to Road Work Band at Avon Oaks from 8 to 11, $7, or dance to Wild Turkey Band in Niles from 8 to midnight, $5 for nonmembers. For information call (330) 372-7124.

SOCIETIES

X Girard Historical Society will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Girard Free Library, 105 E. Prospect Street.

SUPPORT GROUPS

X Recovery International, a self-help mental-health group, will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at Christ Church Presbyterian, 1933 Canfield Road, Boardman. For more information, call (330) 747-1176

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X 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.

VETERANS

X VFW, Triangle Post 2799 will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the post home 3161 E. South Range Road, New Middletown. For more information call (330) 542-9928.

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