CLUB CALENDAR | Local organizations plan meetings

ATHLETIC GROUPS

Girard Golden Eagles will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at Girard Free Library, 105 E. Prospect St.

McDonald Midget Football Association will meet at 6 p.m. Sunday in the senior citizens room at the post office building.

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

AUXILIARIES

St. Anthony Auxiliary of Struthers will have a Christmas party at 6 p.m. Monday at the Holiday Inn, Boardman. Guests are welcome. Reservations are to be made with the telephone committee. Funds will be collected for Second Harvest Food Bank, and there will be a social hour and dinner. The committee will be Arlene DeChellis, Marie Kondart, Julie Visigardi and Flo D’Amato.

St. Elizabeth Hospital Auxiliary will meet at noon Monday in the private dining room for a program by Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus and their elf.

CLASSES

Chaney High School January and June classes of 1948 will meet for lunch at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Molly’s Restaurant on Salt Springs Road. Plans will be made for a summer picnic. All graduates are welcome. No reservations are required.

Chaney High School Class of 1959 will meet for breakfast at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Davidson’s in Cornersburg. Classmates and spouses are welcome.

Woodrow Wilson High School Class of 1953 will have a Christmas party on Dec. 17 at Sulmona Club, 92 S. Bridge St., Struthers. Doors will open at 5 p.m., and dinner will be served at 6. Call Carolyn Yurak at 330-519-8458 for reservations and prices. Guests are welcome.

CLUBS

Chapter CE of PEO Sisterhood will meet Wednesday at A La Cart Catering in Canfield for a noon lunch and meeting. The program will be on Christmas memories, and Barbara Jaster will be the speaker. Virginia Gaskeen will serve as hostess.

Mahoning County Civil War Roundtable will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday for a program on “Medicine of the Civil War” to be presented by Jim Carnes of Mercer County Historical Society. John Hall will discuss his ancestors’ role in the American Civil War. Members are asked to take a new unwrapped toy for the Toys for Tots box.

Mahoning Valley Cribbage Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at St. James Church, 7640 Glenwood Ave., Boardman. New players are welcome. For more information call 330-757-9503.

Youngstown Business and Professional Women’s Club will host a Christmas networking event and gift exchange from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Olive Garden in Boardman. The gift exchange will benefit Santa’s Workshop at the Beatitude House, which gives children living at the home an opportunity to give a gift to their mothers. Practical gifts (no candles) such as gloves, socks, bath sets, perfume, gift bags and tags will be appreciated.

GRANGES

Dublin Grange will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday for a Christmas program. Special guests will be members of Smith Grange. Scarves, caps and gloves will be collected for the Ohio School for the Deaf in Columbus. Members are asked to take cookies to share.

GUILDS

Holborn Herb Growers Guild will host a Christmas party at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Avion on the Water, 2177 Western Reserve Road, Canfield. A $10 gift exchange is optional.

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

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

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

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

Struthers K. of C. 4224 Women will have a Christmas party Monday at Dona Vito’s Italian Grill in Struthers. Members will meet at 12:30 p.m. and eat at 1. Hostesses will be Pat Waller and Pat Smith. Donations will be collected for the Beatitude House.

SERVICE CLUBS

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

McDonald Lions Club will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday on the second floor of the Retirement Center, 550 Ohio Ave.

SINGLES

40-Plus Singles will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Mason’s Steak House and Lounge in Washingtonville. For information contact Eileen Russell at 330-427-0424.

D.A.R.E., a social group for divorced, widowed or separated people, has planned the following events: Monday, meet in the lobby of Movies 8 in Boardman at 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday, walking at Southern Park Mall from the food court at 6 p.m.; Thursday, Christmas gift exchange at 7:30 p.m. at Disciples Church; Dec. 18, bowling at Boardman Lanes at 7:30 p.m.; and Dec. 19, dancing at the Saxon Club at 6 p.m. For more information call 330-757-1440 or 330-793-1484.

SUPPORT GROUPS

Alzheimer’s Association Caregiver Support Group will meet at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Alzheimer Association Building B, Suite 301-B, 3695 Boardman-Canfield Road. The meeting is free and open to all caregivers, family members and friends with a loved one with memory problems. For more information call 330-533-3300 or 800-272-3900.

Nar-anon, a 12-step program for relatives and friends who have been adversely affected by a loved one’s addiction to drugs, meets at 7 p.m. Fridays at the Neil Kennedy Recovery Clinic, 160 Clifton NE, Howland. Newcomers should arrive at 6:45 p.m. For more information call 330-856-3822.

Overeaters Anonymous will have a meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at New Life Lutheran Church, 1181 Church Hill-Hubbard Road, Liberty. For more information contact 330-545-0400.

Recovery Inc., a self-help mental-health group, will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at Christ Church Presbyterian, 1933 Canfield Road, Boardman. For more information call 330-747-1176.

Salem-Lisbon LaLeche League will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the WIC office, 7876 Lincoln Place, Lisbon. The topic will be “Nutrition and Weaning.” All pregnant or nursing mothers and their babies are welcome. For more information call 330-427-2155, 300-821-2585 or 339-420-0822, or visit www.lllohio.org/groups/salem-lisbon.html.

Self-Esteem Support Group will meet from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Crisis Shelter of Lawrence County, 1218 W. State St., New Castle, Pa. No registration is required. For more information call Angelica Costello, 724-652-9206, ext. 135.

Survivors of Suicide in Columbiana County will meet from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at Columbiana County Counseling Center, 40722 state Route 154, Lisbon. For more information call 330-424-7767. This support group is for families who have lost a loved one to suicide.

Survivors of Suicide in Mahoning County will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Disciples Christian Church, 565 Boardman-Canfield Road, Boardman. For more information, call 330-747-2696.

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 330-799-9660 or 330-779-0144.

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 support group meetings: Mercer County Diabetes at 6 p.m. Monday at Greenville, Pa., campus and at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Shenango Valley, Pa., campus; Cancer at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Greenville campus; Weight Loss at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Greenville campus; Lupus at 6 p.m. Thursday at Womancare Center, Hermitage, Pa.; and Yellow Ribbon at 10 a.m. Dec. 18 at Shenango Valley campus.

VETERANS

VFW Triangle Post 2799 Auxiliary will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the post home, 3161 E. South Range Road, New Springfield. For information call 330-542-9928.

VFW Post 3538 Auxiliary will have a Christmas dinner and meeting at 5 p.m. Monday at the post home, 157 Lowellville Road, Struthers. Members are reminded to take a covered dish and place setting. Cards will be addressed for members of the military who are unable to be home for the holidays. Anyone who would like a card sent to someone in the service is asked to submit the name and address. Dues are to be paid by Wednesday. For more information call 330-755-2701.

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