SENIOR CITIZENS | Meetings, activities announced

1418 AUXILIARY

• 1418 Auxiliary Seniors will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Byzantine Center at the Grove, 3801 Shady Run Road. John Texter will preside. Cancellations must be made by Monday to Kay Shabella at (330) 755-0459. Birthdays and anniversaries will be acknowledged, and cards and bingo will be played. Illnesses or deaths should be reported to Ann Banyots at (330)783-2019. For tour information, call Ellen Testa at (330) 788-9430.

AJAX MAGNETHERMIC

• Retirees of Ajax Magnethermic will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Station Square, 4250 Belmont Ave. Guests are welcome.

CANFIELD AARP

• Canfield AARP 3104 will meet at 1 p.m. Monday at Canfield Presbyterian Church. Blood pressure will be taken from noon until the meeting. Jan Bethel will give the program “Up, Up and Away.” The next board meeting will be at 10 a.m. March 16 at the church.

FREETIMERS

• Youngstown State University Retirees will have a breakfast at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Denny’s Restaurant on state Route 224, Boardman. All retirees and friends are welcome.

GIRARD

• Girard Senior Citizens Club will meet at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the center, 16 N. State St. Birthdays and anniversaries will be observed. After the business meeting, bingo will be played. Reservations for a pizza party for March 18 will be taken. The cost is $2.

HAPPY SENIORS

• Cornersburg Happy Seniors will meet at 11 a.m. Thursday at Blue Wolf Banquet and Catering on Tippecanoe Road. The choice of a meatloaf or chicken marsala dinner will be served at a cost of $11.50. Bingo will be played. Greeters will be Dorothy Wood and Carolyn Steiner. Illnesses should be reported to Eleanor Zuby at (330) 799-7127. New attendees are welcome. If you are a retiree over 55 and would like to join others for a meal and a program, be a guest at one of the monthly meetings by reserving lunch with Linda Wiland at (330) 318-8472. Annual dues remain $5. The April luncheon will include a program about estate planning and other topics of interest to seniors.

LOWELLVILLE

• Lowellville Senior Citizens will have their monthly meeting at noon March 13 at the Lowellville City Hall, in the conference room. President Delores Romeo will preside. For reservations call Janet Davanzo at (330) 793-3176. A fish sandwich and pirogi lunch will be provided by Phyllis Nolfi of Gianno Catering. March birthdays will be acknowledged, and bingo will follow the meeting. For illness or death, notify Mary Mascarella, new sunshine chairman, at (330) 536-8748. Membership is now open to all senior citizens until April. Contact Mascarella, treasurer, for more information.

MARTHA LUPSE

• Bridge, 500, chess and checkers will be played when Martha Lupse 50-Plus Card and Game Club meets from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursday in Room 106 at Poland United Methodist Church. Ruby Farkas will give the devotions. Members are reminded to take a sack lunch; coffee and tea will be provided. No affiliation with the church is required for participation. For information, call (330) 757-1980.

REAC 2172

• Eagles REAC Club 2172 will meet at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Eagles Hall, Wilson Avenue.

ST. CHRISTINE

• St. Christine Seniors will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the parish center with Ruth Infante presiding. Officers will serve as lunch hostesses. Reports will be presented by Carol McClain and Mary Jo Theis. March birthdays will be acknowledged and 2009 dues collected. There will be attendance prizes, a 50-50 raffle, cards and bingo.

ST. NICHOLAS

• St. Nicholas Seniors will meet for lunch at 11 a.m. March 10 at Father Petric Hall. LaVerne Cox will preside. Reservations are required by Wednesday and can be made by sending a check for $7.50, payable to St. Nicholas Seniors, to Lora Opstnik, 138 Iroquois St., Struthers, Ohio 44471. Dues will be collected. New members are welcome.

SOAR 27-2 AND 27-6

• Steelworkers Retirees Local Union 1330 and 1331 will meet at 1 p.m. Monday at the Italian American Veterans Centre, 113 S. Meridian Road. Refreshments will be served. New members are welcome.

• Upcoming activities for senior citizens organizations are published Sunday. Please submit information to the Society Department by noon Thursday.