CLUB CALENDAR | Local organizations plan meetings

ASSOCIATIONS

• NARFE Chapter 14, for active and retired federal employees, invites all of the same to a meeting at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Saxon Club, 710 Meridian Road, Youngstown. John P. Brown III, AMVETS national commander for 2007-08, will speak about veterans affairs.

ATHLETIC GROUPS

• The Girard Golden Eagles will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Girard Free Library.

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

• McDonald Sideliners meet every Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the high school.

AUXILIARIES

• ITAM Post 3 Ladies Auxiliary will have its monthly meeting at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Post Home. Officers will be installed and annual dues of $15 will be collected.

• K. of C. 4224 Auxiliary will have a meeting at 7 p.m. Monday. The ladies will be making rosaries.

• St. Elizabeth Health Center Auxiliary will meet at noon Monday in the private dining room. James Schultis, president of HMHP Development Foundation, will speak.

• VFW 2799 Ladies Auxiliary will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the post home, 3161 E. South Range Road, New Springfield. For information call (330) 542-9928.

• The Ladies Auxiliary to the VFW Post 3538 will have a monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Post Home, 157 Lowellville Road, Struthers. Plans for the upcoming card party will be discussed. Reminder: Dues of $15 are payable now.

CLASSES

• Campbell Memorial High School Class of 1963 will meet at noon Wednesday at Stonebridge (formerly Rockne’s) on Route 224. Classmates, guests and spouses are welcome.

• 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 welcome.

CLUBS

• Canfield Junior Women’s League will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at Brandywine Apartments Clubhouse, 3390 Flo Lor Drive, Austintown. Fine Arts will be hosting the meeting, and the speaker will be Sheila Cornell, a certified exercise/line dance instructor. The club is looking for new members. Call (330) 360-5215.

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

• Youngstown Ski Club will have a wine taste and dinner dance from 7-11 p.m. Oct. 17 at Ciminero’s Banquet Center, 123 N. Main St., Niles. Advance tickets are $25; at the door, they will be $30. For more information, visit www.youngstownskiclub.org. Call (330) 207-3775 to arrange for ticket pickup. Featured in addition to the wine tasting will be an Italian buffet, full cash bar, DJ and dancing, Chinese auction, and a 50-50 raffle.

GUILDS

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

• Niles Chapter of the American Sewing Guild has scheduled the following: Fancy Cutters at 10 a.m. Monday at Lake Vista, 303 N. Mecca St. (Route 46) for a fall wreath demo by Pat Brawsy. Take a grapevine wreath. Evening Cut Ups at 7 p.m. Monday at Grace Church of the Naxarene, 5253 W. Webb Road, Austintown. Jennie Roberts will share all she learned at the national convention. Austintown Stitch and Share, 10 a.m. Thursday at Humility House, 755 Ohltown Road, Austintown, for a demo by Theresa Campbell on zippers in purses.

• Prime Thyme Herb Guiild of Hubbard will meet at 2 p.m. Oct. 18 at Church Hill United Methodist Church. The Ladies of Herbal Theatrics will present “All About Lavender,” featuring Connie Williams and Karen Rodachy at a cost of $10. Call (724) 813-3032 or (330) 540-4964.

• Western Reserve Knitting Guild will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Fair Park in Canfield. Members should take their completed pattern one of the mystery stole and will be learning pattern two. They should also take their Canfield Fair projects for show and tell.

LIBRARY FRIENDS

• Friends of the Boardman Library will meet in the community room of the library at 9:30 a.m. Monday for a social with a program to follow at 10 a.m. Janice Bethel will present the program, “Up, Up & Away — a Ride on the Goodyear Blimp.” New members and guests are welcome. Reservations are not required. Hostesses for the social will be Esther K. Bertch, Karen Jarosz, Shirley Shafer and Mary Jane Stevens. A reminder: Friends are in need of books, magazines and tapes to supply the book cart. Funds raised are for the reading programs provided by the library. Community contributions are appreciated.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

• The Mount Carmel Society of St. Rose Church in Girard will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the lower church.

• The St. Monica Guild of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Youngstown will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday with President Mary Ann Cardiero presiding. Plans for the anniversary dinner to take place Oct. 18 will be discussed. Hostesses are Rosemarie DeMichael, Angela DiFrangia, Rose Marie Fiore, Marguerite Gondol, and Dolores Good.

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

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

SERVICE CLUBS

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

SUPPORT GROUPS

• Mahoning Valley New Voice Club, a support group for laryngectomees and their families/friends, will have its next meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Youngstown Hearing and Speech Center, in Beeghly Medical Park, 6614 Southern Boulevard, Youngstown.

• Nar-Anon, a 12-step program for people who have been adversely affected by a loved one’s addiction to drugs, meets every Friday at 7 p.m. (6:45 for newcomers) at the Neil Kennedy Recovery Clinic, 160 Clifton Drive N.E., Howland. For more information, call (330) 307-8182.

• Survivors of Suicide in Columbiana County will meet from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at Columbiana County Counseling Center on state Route 154, Lisbon. For more information call (330) 424-7767.

• TOPS 327 will meet Monday at Christ Church Presbyterian, 1933 Canfield Road, Boardman. Weigh-in is from 6:15 to 6:45 p.m. followed by the meeting at 7. The first meeting is free. Guests are welcome. For information, call (330) 793-4378 or (330) 793-7083.

• TOPS 698, Girard, will meet Monday at First Christian Church, 140 E. Broadway. Weigh-in is from 6 to 6:30 p.m. followed by the meeting at 6:30. 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.

• UPMC Horizon has scheduled the following: Monday, Empty Arms Support Group, 7 p.m., Womancare Center, 875 N. Hermitage Road, Hermitage; and Diabetes Support Group, 7 p.m. UPMC Horizon Greenville Campus. Tuesday, Breastfeeding Support Group, 11 a.m., Womancare Center, register at (724) 347-4780; Cancer Support Group, 1 p.m. UPMC Horizon Greenville; Silver&Fit Group Exercise Class, 1 p.m. UPMC Horizon Wellness Center, 26 Conneaut Lake Road, Greenville. Register at (724) 588-3001; Mercer County Diabetes Support Group, 7 p.m. UPMC Shenango Valley; Weight Loss Surgery Support Group, 7 p.m. UPMC Horizon Greenville. Wednesday, Mercer County Breast Cancer Support Group, 7 p.m. Womancare Center. Thursday, Lupus Support Group, 6:30 p.m., Womancare Center; Saturday, Yellow Ribbon Support Group, 10 a.m., UPMC Shenango Valley.

• Youngstown Mothers of Twins Club will have its October meeting at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Davidson Becker Family Life Center, 11 Spring St., Struthers. Hostesses for the evening are Melody Broderick, Debbie Mason, Fran Higgins, and Phyllis Miller. The program will be a mystery guest who will read tea leaves. There will be a children’s hayride at 6 p.m. Oct. 18 at the Detwiler Farm in Columbiana. For more information, call Michele Porter at (330) 530-2128.

VETERANS

• The Catholic War Veterans Paul Sgambatti Post 1903 and the Women’s Auxiliary will meet Thursday at 7 p.m. in 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.