CLUB CALENDAR | Local organizations plan meetings

ATHLETIC GROUPS

McDonald Baseball 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.

BOOSTERS

McDonald Music Boosters will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the high school.

CLASSES

Campbell Memorial High School January and June classes of 1948 will meet for breakfast at 9:30 a.m. Monday at Denny’s Restaurant on Route 224, Boardman. All classmates and spouses are invited.

Campbell Memorial High School Class of 1955 will meet for its monthly breakfast at 10 a.m. Saturday at What’s Cookin’ Restaurant, South Avenue, in the Mathews Road Plaza, Boardman. Contact Jim Graycar at 330-747-0632.

Chaney High School January and June classes of 1948 will meet for lunch at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Molly’s on Salt Springs Road, Youngstown. All alumni are invited to attend.

Woodrow Wilson High School classes of January and June 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

College Club of Sharon will honor past presidents at its 10 a.m. meeting Feb. 12 at First Presbyterian Church, Sharon, Pa. Club members who have belonged 50 years as of this year also will be honored. Dr. Agnes Martinko, will be the speaker. Her topic, “Individuality,” is the result of a lifelong study of the factors that shape individual lives.

Greater Youngstown Monitoring Association Scanner Club will have its fourth annual winter scan on Feb. 12 at Boardman United Methodist Church, 6809 Market St. Those attending are asked to take a covered dish for the 7 p.m. potluck dinner. Anyone interested in scanner monitoring or amateur radio as a hobby is welcome. Take programmable or crystal scanners, working or nonworking, for a display.

Mahoning Valley Civil War Round Table’s meeting will feature Beth Gray and Robb Hyde performing Music of the Underground Railroad at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 14 at Antone’s Banquet Centre, 8578 Market St., Boardman. The dinner and meeting are $13 per person, and reservations are required. Call 330-726-7603 for more information or visit www.mahoningvalleycwrt.com.

Youngstown Mothers of Twins Club will meet at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Davidson-Becker Family Life Center, 11 Spring St., Struthers. Featured will be a valentine “Love Auction” and a club guest night for family and friends. Hostesses will be Gloria Draphco, Jeannie Danko and Donna Niemczura. For more information contact Michele Porter at 330-530-2128. Meetings are the second Wednesday of each month.

GUILDS

American Sewing Guild’s Niles Chapter has scheduled the following: Material Girls at 6 p.m. Thursday at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 480 N. High St., Cortland. Diane Wittik will share fashion and fabric from her Paris trip. Contact 330-550-1215 or 330-759-1211; and Designing Women at 10 a.m. Feb. 11 at Domestic Sewing, 2011 Youngstown Road SE, Warren, for hands-on patchwork placemat (see newsletter for supply list). Contact 330-847-7386.

Western Reserve Knitting Guild will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Fair Park in Canfield for a demonstration on brioche knitting by Kay Thompson. Tickets for the High Tea on March 19 will be available; they must be purchased in advance. Members are reminded to continue working on their sock projects.

Youngstown Area Weavers Guild will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Colonial Inn at the Canfield Fairgrounds in Canfield. Members will review the Friendship coverlet project. Take a coverlet from 1990 or any photos, written directions or other information to aid the assembly of the project. The transparency will be put together. Further discussion on the April Doubleweave Workshop is scheduled, and Liz Adraso will talk about the presidents challenge. Take a sack lunch, mug and show-and-tell item. The spinning group meets the first Monday of each month at 7 p.m. Guests are welcome. For more information call 330-261-0554 or 330-398-6938.

LIBRARY FRIENDS

Friends of Boardman Library will meet Feb. 14 at the library. Refreshments will be served at 9:30 a.m. and a program at 10 will be on the topic “Hearing Mozart in the 18th Century.” A business session will follow. Guests are welcome.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

Junior Seton Circle will meet at noon Thursday at A La Cart Catering in Canfield. The program will be “Remembering Idora Park” by Richard Scarsella. Hostesses will be chairman Ginny Pugh, Betty Kravec, Donna Johns and Helen Zynski.

Girard K. of C. Ladies will meet at 7 p.m. Feb. 12 at the K. of C. Hall, 122 S. State St., for a wine taste-off. Members are to take their homemade wines to be sampled. Each may take one guest.

Mothers of the Crucifix Society of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church will meet at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Elizabeth Mirone will preside, and plans will be made for a card party on March 27. The serving committee will be Judy Thomas and Ann Rega.

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

St. Michael Altar Guild will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the church for the rosary and at 7:30 at the parish center for a game night. Hostesses will be Marilyn Fisher and Mary Ann Silvestri. Guests are welcome.

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

Seton III will meet for a noon luncheon Thursday at the Saxon Club on Meridian Road, Youngstown. The theme will be “Valentines/Heart Month.” Maureen A. Drummond, executive director of HandsOn Volunteer Network of the Valley, will speak on programs and opportunities for community volunteer services. Dottie Cerimele will be chairwoman, and her committee will be Martha Conroy, Naomi Hart, Liz Kelly, Judy Kimmel and Beverly Vernars.

SERVICE CLUBS

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

SINGLES

D.A.R.E., a social group for divorced, widowed or separated people, has planned the following events: Wednesday, walking from the food court at Southern Park Mall at 6 p.m.; Thursday, meeting with speaker at Disciples Church at 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 11, meet in lobby of Movies 8 in Boardman at 6:30 p.m.; and Feb. 13, big-band concert and dinner at Saxon Club at 6 p.m. For more information call 330-757-1440 or 330-793-1484.

Over-40 Singles of Leetonia will meet for a social from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Mason’s in Washingtonville; Feb. 16 at Paul’s Restaurant (Antone’s) in Columbiana; and Feb. 23 at Bill Willie’s in Washingtonville. There will be dancing at 4 p.m. Feb. 20 at the Saxon Club in Austintown. Any single person over 40 is invited to attend.

SOCIETIES

Girard Historical Society will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Barnhisel House, 1011 N. State St.

SUPPORT GROUPS

Alzheimer’s Network Family Support Group will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 2305 S. Canfield-Niles Road, Austintown, and at 7 p.m. Wednesday at St. Charles Church, 7345 Westview Drive, Boardman. The meeting is free and open to the public. For information call the Alzheimer’s Network at 330-788-9755 or 866-822-2101.

Bereavement Support Group will meet from 1 to 2 and 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday in the multipurpose room at Lake Vista Retirement Community, 303 N. Mecca St., Cortland. “Stages of Grief” will be the topic. Presenters will be Senior Independence; Kathleen Zimmerman, Hospice chaplain; and Laaren Whitcome and Elissa Douglas, social workers. There will be light refreshments. No reservations are required.

H.O.P.E. Support Group for cancer patients will meet from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Cedar Room at St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center, 8401 McClurg Road, Boardman. There will be free health assessments and blood-pressure screenings. Membership is open to cancer survivors and offers programs to enable patients and their significant others to live life more fully. To register call 330-480-2203.

Salem-Lisbon La Leche League, a breast-feeding support group, will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the WIC office, 7876 Lincoln Place, Lisbon. The topic will be “Baby Arrives: The Family and the Breast-fed Baby.” All pregnant or nursing mothers and their babies are welcome. For more information call 330-427-2155, 330-821-2585 or 330-420-0822 or visit www.lllohio.org/groups/salem-lisbon.html.

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 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.

TOPS 1805, Canfield, meets every Wednesday morning at Canfield Christian Church, corner of Maple and Broad streets. Weigh-in will be from 7:30 to 8:15 a.m., and the meeting will follow until 9. For more information call Judy Toth at 330-533-2464.

UPMC Horizon has scheduled the following support group meetings: Tuesday, Cancer at 1 p.m. at Greenville campus, Mercer County Diabetes at 1:30 p.m. at Shenango Valley campus, Weight Loss Surgery at 6 p.m. in Greenville and Empty Arms at 6 p.m. at Womancare Center, 875 N. Hermitage Road, Hermitage, Pa.; Wednesday, Mercer County Breast Cancer at 7 p.m. at Womancare Center; and Saturday, Yellow Ribbon at 5 p.m. 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.

Club news is published Friday. Please submit information about upcoming activities to the Society Department by noon Wednesday.