SENIOR CITIZENS | Meetings, activities announced

55-Plus Club of Mineral Ridge will meet at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. Mary Church with Marge Guthrie and Suzie Merz as hostesses. Afterward cards will be played and members will dine out.

AARP 3104 of Canfield will meet at 1 p.m. Monday at Canfield Presbyterian Church, where blood pressure screenings will be available from noon to 12:45 p.m. The program will be by Debbie Hetrick of the Visiting Nurses Association. Members can sign up for a New York City tour. Deaths or illnesses should be reported to Ceil Ball at (330) 533-2841. The executive board will meet on April 19 at the church. Call (330) 332-4791 for information on the following trips: May 17-22 to Savannah/Charleston; April 28 to Riverside Inn; June 18 to Indiana/Pirates ballgame; and July 10 to Cleveland for Tall Ships.

Ajax Magnethermic Retirees will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Station Square, 4250 Belmont Ave.

Lowellville Senior Citizens will meet at noon Friday in Lowellville City Hall conference room with Delores Romeo presiding. A rigatoni lunch will be provided, and bingo will follow. Birthdays and anniversaries will be acknowledged. Gifts will be collected for shut-in members. New members are welcome. For reservations call (330) 793-3176. In case of illness or death contact Mary Mascarella at (330) 536-8748.

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.

Park Vista Breakfast Club will meet at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in the Gathering Room, 1216 Fifth Ave. The speaker will be Adam M. Wohlever, preserve manager with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Natural Areas and Preserves. His talk will focus on the history, flora, and significance of Jackson Bog, a 58-acre nature preserve in Stark County. Make reservations for the complimentary continental breakfast and talk by calling (330) 746-2944, Ext. 1552.

SOAR 27-2 and 27-6, Steelworkers Local 1330, will meet at 1 p.m. Monday at the Italian-American Veterans Center, 113 S. Meridian Road. Reservations will be taken for the June 7 picnic. Refreshments will be served. New members welcome.

St. Joseph Goldenagers of Austintown will meet at 11:30 a.m. Thursday in Lyons Hall with Carol McClain, vice president, presiding and reading the thought for the day. Bingo and cards will be played, and birthdays and anniversaries will be honored. There will be a 50-50 raffle, and cake will be served. Get well cards will be sent, and dues of $5 will be collected. Membership is open; the group meets the second Thursday of each month.

St. Nicholas Senior Citizens will have a luncheon meeting at 11 a.m. April 13 in the Great Hall with Laverne Cox presiding. Reservations are required and can be made until Wednesday by sending a check for $8 made out to St. Nicholas Senior Citizens and mailed to Lora Opsitnik, 138 Iroquois St., Struthers, OH 44471. Dues of $5 are payable. New members are welcome.

St. Rose Senior Parishioners will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday at Amen Corner. Pizza and coffee will be served.

Saxon Retirees will meet at noon Thursday at the club ballroom on Meridian Road. Cost of the Swiss steak dinner is $8; reservations or cancellations are due this evening by calling Heidi Candia at (330) 743-7133, Hermine Gentile at (330) 799-0456 or Lisa Scott at (330) 539-6463.

Trumbull Memorial Hospital Retiree Club will meet for a luncheon at 11:30 a.m. April 12 at Buena Vista Caf in Warren. At 12:30 p.m. Jeff Harvey of Wild Birds Unlimited will present the program “Owls of Ohio.” All TMH retirees welcome. For reservations or further information, call Vivian Abram at (330) 759-7147.

YSU Freetimers will meet for breakfast at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Das Dutch Haus in Columbiana. All retirees, spouses and friends are welcome.

YSU Women Retirees will have a luncheon meeting and program at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the Blue Wolf Banquet Center, Lockwood Boulevard, Boardman. The reservation deadline is Monday. For menu information call (330) 549-0592.

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