CLUB CALENDAR | Local organizations plan meetings

ASSOCIATIONS

• AAUW Gourmet Group will meet for lunch at 1 p.m. Thursday at Tippecanoe Country Club. Callers for reservations are Carole Bertolini, (330) 965-1885 and Mary B. Smith (330) 743-2710.

• Gold Wing Road Riders Association, Ohio Chapter M, will have a meeting Saturday at the Yankee Kitchen, 6655 Market St., Boardman. Following the 5 p.m. dinner, the Buckeye Rally, Wing Ding 2009, annual picnic, and upcoming dinners and rides will be discussed. All bikers are welcome. For information contact Roy Jones, (330) 549-3438.

CLASSES

• Chaney High School January and June 1942 Alumni will meet at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at the Croatian Home, 3200 Vestal Road, for their 67th reunion. There will be a buffet dinner. Make reservations by calling Ray Kinn, (330) 792-0750.

• Campbell Memorial High School Class of 1945 will meet at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Inner Circle Restaurant in Boardman. Guests and classmates are welcome.

CLUBS

• Hubbard Fortnightly IV will meet at 12:30 p.m. Thursday at the parking lot of Hubbard City Building and carpool to Mill Creek Park. There will be lunch at the Davis Center followed by a tour of the gardens. The season will end with a picnic June 25 at Harding Park.

• Niles Chapter of the American Sewing Guild has scheduled the following meeting: Southington So-Sews at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Southington Christian Church, 3285 state Route 534. The program will be a reversible table runner demonstration by Virginia Hardman.

• Ohio Cultural Alliance will have its final catered dinner meeting of the season June 1 at the Maronite Center, 1555 S. Meridian Road. The speaker will be Joseph Nohra, retired chief financial officer of the Cafaro Co. Cultural enrichment will be by the Antonine Sisters of Our Lady of Lebanon Shrine. The cost is $13 for paid-up members and $18 for guests. Reservations are required by Tuesday by mailing a check, payable to the alliance, to OCA, P.O. Box 561, Canfield, Oh 44406-0561.

• Warren Republican Women will meet at 6 p.m. June 4 at DiLucia’s Restaurant, Elm Road, Warren. Election of officers is on the agenda. Hostesses will be Olga Sten and Phyllis Preszioso. The cost for the dinner is $13.50. For reservations call (330) 856-5228.

• Youngstown South Christian Women’s Club will have a “Scents of Summer” luncheon from noon to 2 p.m. June 11 at Avion on the Water Banquet Center, 2177 W. Western Reserve Road, Canfield. Sandra Evans will present Pure Spa Scentsations and the soloist will be Leighan Wells. “Handling the Changing World” will be the theme of Billie Brink of Butler, Pa. The cost is $13 and reservations are required by June 4 by calling (330) 793-6676 or (330) 758-6049.

• Youngstown Women’s Connection will sponsor a luncheon “No Room to Grow,” from noon to 2 p.m. June 9 at Lucianno’s Banquet Room, 1739 W. Raccoon Road, Austintown. Featured will be a program on container gardening by Marcy Dubec, special music by Trevor Coleman, and a talk by Letitia Hicks. The cost is $10. Reservations for the luncheon and free child care are required by June 2 and can be made by calling (330) 792-9103 or (330) 270-9347. Cancellation deadline is June. 8.

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

GRANGES

• Dublin Grange will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, and a memorial program will be given by Sandie Reel.

GUILDS

• Youngstown Chapter of the Embroiderers Guild of America will meet at 10 a.m. and at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the IOOF Hall in Canfield. Sally Svoboda will preside. The project will be a flower garden bunny, taught by Judy Powers. Members are to take stitching supplies, lighting and magnification if necessary, and a 5-inch hoop. Visitors are welcome. For more information e-mail YoEGA@zoominternet.net, or write the guild at P.O. Box 5278, Poland, OH 44514.

POLITICAL CLUBS

• Girard Men’s Democrat Club meets at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Parkwood Youth Center.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

• Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church Altar and Rosary Society will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday for the Rosary followed by a meeting at the church.

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

SERVICE CLUBS

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

SINGLES

• D.A.R.E., a social group for divorced, widowed or separated people, has planned the following events: Monday, Memorial Day picnic at Master’s Pavilion in Boardman Park at noon; Tuesday, dancing at Lucianno’s at 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, walking at Mill Creek Park from parking lot of Dr. Shah; and Thursday, meeting at Disciples Christian Church at 7:30. For more information call (330) 759-7409, (330) 757-1440 or (330) 793-1484.

SUPPORT GROUPS

• Mended Hearts support group for heart survivors and their families will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Azalea Room at St. Elizabeth Health Center, Boardman Campus. An optional dinner will be at 5:30 p.m. in the Terrace Cafe. Guest speaker will be Mary Ann Cashire, RN, MSN, Stroke Center coordinator at St. Elizabeth Health Center. Her topic will be “The Power to End Stroke.” The public is welcome. For more information, contact Bill Zavarello, (330) 729-3672.

• Multiple Sclerosis Services Agency, Mahoning County Support Group, will meet at 6 p.m. June 2 at Austinwoods Health Care Center, 4780 Kirk Road, Austintown. The meeting is open to all who have MS, their friends, caregivers and family members. There is no cost to attend and refreshments will be served. For more information call (330) 792-3746.

• Survivors of Suicide in Columbiana County, a support group for those who have lost a loved one to suicide, will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at Columbiana County Counseling Center on state Route 154 in Lisbon. For more information call (330) 424-7767.

• TOPS 698, Girard, will meet Monday at First Christian Church, 140 E. Broadway. Weigh-in is from 6 to 6:45 p.m. followed by the meeting at 7. New members are welcome; the first night is free. For information call (330) 534-2618 or (330) 545-4770.

• TOPS 1237, Austintown, will meet Thursday at Idaho Road Alliance Church, 250 Idaho Road, across from Frank Ohl Middle School. Weigh-in is from 5 to 5:30, p.m., followed by the meeting until 6:30. For further information, call (330) 758-4923.

• TOPS 1262, McDonald, meets Wednesdays 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 OH 1497, Austintown, will meet from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Thursday at Smith Corners United Methodist Church, 3000 S. Niles Canfield Road. New members are welcome; the first meeting is free. For more information, call (330) 793-2076.

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