SENIOR CITIZENS | Meetings, activities announced

AUSTINTOWN AARP

• Austintown AARP Chapter 4339 will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Grace Lutheran Church, 162 S. Raccoon Road. Dues will be collected. Take both national and local cards; dues cannot be accepted without them. Blood pressure or flu shots will begin at 12:30 p.m. Rick Otterson will speak about the health care program being discussed in Washington. Questions will be addressed. Reservations for tours on Dec. 4 to Riverside Inn and to Lancaster, Pa., on March 26-27 are being taken by Doris Snyder (330) 799-0670. Christmas party will be Dec. 8 at the Saxon Club. Tickets will be available at this meeting. See Doris Baker. New members and guests are welcome. Refreshments will be provided by chapter members.

GIRARD

• Girard Senior Citizens Club will meet at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the center, 16 N. State St. Veterans will be honored, and November birthdays and wedding anniversaries will be celebrated. Members are asked to take canned fruit for Emmanuel Community Center. Bingo will be played. Reservations are being taken for the annual Christmas party on Dec. 11 at St. Mark’s Church on Logan Way. The cost is $14. Former members are welcome.

HOLY FAMILY

• Holy Family Seniors will meet at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in Merici Hall, in the rectory basement. Jenny Nethers will preside. There will be cards, bingo and a 50-50 raffle. Pizza and snacks will be served. Hostesses are Ann Freeland, Hope Sokol and Marie Giamarco. Members are asked to report illnesses or deaths to Nancy Nappy at (330) 757-2823. For information, call Nethers at (330) 757-2021. New members are welcome.

J.C. PENNEY

• J.C. Penney Retirees will meet for lunch at 12:30 Tuesday at Denny’s in Boardman.

K.C.-ETTES

• K.C.-Ettes of Poland will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the K. of C. Hall. Hostesses are Mary Ciarniello, Kay Burke, Wilma Van Such and Irma Biroschak.

LOCAL 880

• UFCW Local 880 Retirees Club will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Lucianno’s Restaurant in the Wedgewood Plaza. There will be a 50-50 drawing and bingo. Dues for 2010 will be collected. For more information call (330) 544-5656. Reservations are required for the Christmas luncheon to be at 1 p.m. Dec. 8 at the Westfork Roadhouse, 3850 Belmont Ave. All Local 880 retirees and guests are welcome. For reservations call (330) 747-9175 by Dec. 4.

MAHONING BANK

• Mahoning Bank Retires will meet at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at T.J.’s at the Holiday Inn, Boardman. All retirees are welcome.

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 information, call (330) 757-1980.

MOUNT CARMEL

• Our Lady of Mount Carmel Seniors will meet Wednesday following the noon Mass. John Mascardine will preside, and reports will be given by Clara Pascale and Ann Leone. Lunch will be served, and birthdays and anniversaries will be observed. There will be a 50-50 drawing, and cards and bingo will be played. Guests are welcome. Illness should be reported to Carmel Colaizzi at (330) 797-9248.

POLICE AND FIRE

• The regular meeting of the Police & Fire Retirees of Ohio, District 2, Chapter 10 (Mahoning and Columbiana Counties) will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Brandywine Clubhouse, 3390 Flo-Lor Drive, Youngstown. All retirees and DROP participants of the Ohio Police and Fire Disability and Pension Fund living in Mahoning and Columbiana counties, their spouses or survivors, are welcome. For more information, contact Rich Holzschuh at (330) 743-5502.

ST. ANTHONY

• St. Anthony Senior Club will have its annual Thanksgiving dinner at 1 p.m. Tuesday at St. Mark’s Hall on Logan Way. Reservations and payments will be accepted for the Christmas dinner on Dec. 8.

ST. BRENDAN

• St. Brendan Seniors will meet at 1:30 Monday in Maxwell Hall. President Ann Smith will preside. Dorothy Proceck and Ann Banyots will give reports. The cost of lunch is $1. Newly elected officers who will assume duties in January are Dorothy LaSasso, president; Smith, vice president; Banyots, secretary; and Proceck, treasurer. To report the sick and dying, call Theresa Vivacqua at (330) 793-2792.

ST. CHARLES

• St. Charles Over-55 Club will meet at noon Tuesday in the social hall. November is pizza month. Refreshments will be served, and cards and board games will follow. Canned goods and nonperishables will be collected for the needy, and dues must be paid at this meeting. The Christmas party will be at noon Dec. 8. The cost of $8 is due at this meeting. For further information call Carolyn Valensi at (330) 726-2375.

ST. CHRISTINE

• St. Christine Seniors will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the parish center with president Ruth Infante presiding. Reports will be given by Mary Jo Theis and Carol McClain. Luncheon hostesses will be Nancy DeRose, Dorothy Minotti, Millie Gunyula and Lou Sedmak. This is the last meeting to buy tickets for the Dec. 9 Christmas party. Nov. birthdays will be observed, there will be attendance prizes, and cards and bingo will be played.

ST. JOSEPH GOLDENAGERS

• St. Joseph Goldenagers will meet at 11:30 a.m. Thursday in Lyons Hall with Evelyn Menaldi presiding and Betty Connors giving the thought of the day. Bingo and cards will be played, a 50-50 drawing will take place and birthdays and anniversaries will be honored. Cards will be sent to members who are sick. Refreshments will be served.

ST. MARY

• St. Mary Golden Pillars will meet for worship at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the church, where lunch and a meeting will be at noon with Eleanor Hnat presiding. Members are to take a place setting.

ST. ROSE

• St. Rose Senior Parishioners will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday at Amen Corner, South Main Street, Girard. Coffee and pizza will be served.

SAXON

• Saxon Retirees will meet at noon Thursday. The cost of a ham dinner is $8; reservations or cancellations are due today by calling Arlene Dey at (330) 549-2648, Bob Martin at (330) 799-2220 or Eileen Anerino at (330) 718-7462.

Sears Friendship

• A meeting of Sears Friendship Club will be at noon Monday at What’s Cookin’.

SUNSHINE

• Sunshine Seniors will meet at noon Nov. 17 at the Byzantine Center at the Grove for a Thanksgiving dinner. Call Vera DeFuria at (330) 792-6607 with reservations or cancellations. Henry Testa will preside, bingo and cards will be played, and anniversaries and birthdays will be honored. Members will discuss plans for the Christmas party, which will cost $7. Illnesses and deaths should be reported to Ellen Famularo at (330) 965-3851.

YSU WOMEN

• Youngstown State University Women Retirees will have a luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Blue Wolf Banquet Center on Lockwood Boulevard, Boardman. Reservations are required by Monday. For menu information call (330) 549-0592.

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