CLUB CALENDAR | Local organizations plan meetings

ASSOCIATIONS

William Penn Association, Branch 23, Youngstown, will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Golden Corral Restaurant in Boardman for a thank-you dinner for members and to honor 50-year members.

Youngstown Alumnae Panhellenic Association will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Rotary Room in Boardman Park. The program will be “Redesigning Women.”

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.

CLASSES

Campbell Memorial High School Class of 1963 will meet for lunch at noon Wednesday at the Blue Wolf Tavern, U.S. Route 224 in Boardman.

South High School Class of 1953 will have a monthly luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Johnny’s on Market Street in Boardman. Plans will be finalized for a Christmas party on Dec. 21 at 11:30 a.m. at Johnny’s. All classmates are welcome.

Woodrow Wilson High School Class of 1953 will meet at 11:30 a.m. Monday at Johnny’s in Boardman. Guests are welcome.

CLUBS

Chapter CE of the PEO Sisterhood will gather at noon Wednesday at A La Cart in Canfield for a luncheon and meeting. The program will be a speaker, Carol Bopp, from Hope House. Hostesses are Karen Matthews and Carol Richards.

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.

Mahoning Valley Wine and Food Lovers Club will meet at the private dining room in Stonebridge Tavern and Grille on state Route 224 at Tippecanoe Road, Canfield, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Guests will sample five wines for $15. Meals and appetizers can be ordered from a special menu. To make reservations or to join the club (membership is free) contact Brian Fry at 330-774-7453 or e-mail brianfrywineguy@juno.com.

Youngstown Torch Club will meet Monday at the Bresnahan Suites I and II in Kilcawley Center on the campus at Youngstown State University. The social at 5:30 p.m. will be followed by a dinner. John Fockler will present a paper on “Shame on You” which examines shame as an appropriate means of social sanction in our society. For more information or reservations call 330-792-7351.

Youngstown Women’s Connection will have a “Sounds of Christmas” luncheon from noon to 2 p.m. Dec. 14 at Lucianno’s Banquet Room, 1739 Raccoon Road, Austintown. Special music will be by Rachelle Joy and Anna England will speak on “I Can Still Smell the Roses.” The cost is $10. For Reservations or free child care call 330-792-9103 or 330-270-9347 by Dec. 7.

GUILDS

Holborn Herb Growers Guild will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Colonial Inn on Canfield Fairgrounds. Joyce Ditosto will present a program on “Time Travel with Herbs.” Election of officers is on the agenda. Hostesses will be Terry Ham, Shirley Szabo and Sharyl Marcy.

Niles Chapter of the American Sewing Guild has scheduled the following meetings: Howland Happy Stitchers at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Living Lord Lutheran Church, 851 Niles-Cortland Road, to work on a basket for the holiday party. No December meeting; Austintown Stitch and Share at 10 a.m. Thursday at Humility House, 755 Ohltown Road, Austintown, where Bonnie Whittingham will demonstrate a sweatshirt collar; and Southington So Sews at 10 a.m. Nov. 22 at Southington Christian Church, state Route 534, Southington. Take appetizers and 15 gifts for an exchange. No December meeting.

LEAGUES

Wilmington Township Civic League of Mercer County will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the township building, 35 Auction Road, New Wilmington. The program will feature Cynthia Clarke of West Middlesex as a “reinactor.” She will relate the tale of the Civil War and of Belle Boy, a teenage spy for the Confederacy. Refreshments will be served. For more information call 724-946-8974.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

McDonald Knights of Columbus will meet at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the K. of C. Hall, Illinois Ave.

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.

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

SINGLES

D.A.R.E., a social group for divorced, widowed or separated people, has planned the following events: Monday and Wednesday, walking at Southern Park Mall from the food court at 6; Thursday, chili cook-off at Disciples Church at 7:30; Nov. 19 cheap movies at Boardman at 6:30; and Nov. 21 dance at Saxon Club at 6. For more information call 330-757-1440 or 330-793-1484.

Leetonia 40-Plus Singles will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at El Ternampa in Leetonia.

SOCIETIES

Mahoning County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at St. Charles Church Ministry Building, 7325 Westview Drive, Boardman. Louis Joseph will discuss his latest cemetery book, “Calvary IV.” Also speaking will be the Rev. Antoninus Niemiec, associate pastor of St. Dominic Church, who will share his thesis presentation and present a way to extend the tree metaphor to produce family trees. Cookbooks will be on sale for $5 during November and December. The Computer Interest Group will meet at 6 p.m.

SUPPORT GROUPS

Bereaved Parents of the USA, Mahoning County-Youngstown Chapter of a national nonprofit self-help group that offers support, understanding and hope to bereaved parents and other family members, will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Park Vista, 1216 Fifth Ave., Youngstown. For more information about the chapter, call Diane Hunter-Copeland, at 330-770-2686.

Mahoning Valley Fibromyalgia Support Group will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Bethel Lutheran Church, 425 Crestview Drive, Boardman. There will be an open discussion.

Myeloma Support Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Denny’s Restaurant, 4020 Belmont Ave. To register or for more information call Donna Detwiler at 330-884-3500, 330-770-0808 or 330-549-4617.

Overeaters Anonymous will have a Big Book Study at 7:30 p.m. every 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 Church, 1933 Canfield Road, Boardman. For more information call 330-747-1176.

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 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.

TOPS 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 330-759-4737.

UPMC Horizon has scheduled the following support group meetings: Bereavement at 7 p.m. Monday at Greenville Campus; Cancer at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Shenango Valley Campus; Weight Loss at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Womancare Center Hermitage; Lupus at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Womancare Center, Hermitage; and Yellow Ribbon at 10 a.m. Nov. 20 at Shenango Valley Campus.

VETERANS

VFW Triangle Post 2799 will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the post home, 3161 E. South Range Road, New Springfield. For information call 330-542-9928.

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