SENIOR CITIZENS | Meetings, activities announced

55-Plus Club of Mineral Ridge will meet at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. Mary’s Church. Cards will be played and members will dine out.

AARP, Youngstown Chapter 4611, will meet Wednesday at St. Augustine Episcopal Church, 614 Parmelee Ave., Youngstown. An executive board meeting at 11 a.m. will be followed by the general meeting at noon. Officers will be installed, and an overnight trip to Detroit will be discussed. January, February and March birthdays will be celebrated, and there will be a 50-50 raffle. Guests and new members are welcome. Members are to call 330-746-0889 to report illnesses and deaths.

Campbell Memorial High School January and June classes of 1947 will meet at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday for breakfast at Denny’s in Boardman. Spouses are welcome.

Coitsville Seniors will have their first meeting of the year at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Coitsville Town Hall. Pizza will be served. Yearly dues will be collected. Dorothy Churilla will give devotions. Steve Hrycik will be the caller for bingo. Birthdays and anniversaries will be acknowledged. Residents and nonresidents are welcome to join; call 330-536-8320 for information.

Croatian Pensioners of the Mahoning Valley will meet at noon Thursday at the Lodge 66 Croatian Center, 3200 Vestal Road. All officers and trustees are asked to attend the board meeting, which will begin at 10:30 a.m. New members are welcome; call 330-799-0270 for information.

Dollar Bank retirees will meet for breakfast at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday at Golden Corral in Boardman. Meals are $8. All former Dollar Bank employees are welcome. Dues of $15 will be collected. For reservations call 330-792-0484.

Girard Senior Citizens Club will meet at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Center, 16 N. State St. Members are asked to take Easter candy for the Emmanuel Center. The dice game will be played. The Travel Club is taking reservations for the May 10 trip to Keystone Elk Country in Benezette, Pa., to view the elk. Lunch will be included in the $79 cost. Guests are welcome. For reservations call 330-545-5654.

Girard OldTimers will meet at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Lamancusa Restaurant, Trumbull Road.

Happy Wanderers will have a social gathering at 11 a.m. Friday and a meeting at noon. Members are to take a sack lunch and those whose last names begin with the initials M-Z are asked to take a pie. The speaker will be Sue Ann Taylor, news and education coordinator for The Vindicator. The hospitality committee will be Flo and Gene Shilling, Marilyn Spellman and Mary Hummeny. Greeters will be Wilma Quinn, Irene DeStasio, Gerda Mitrovich and Bob Cassidy. Call 330-534-2759 for more information or reservations for the following tours: Hopper’s Concert at Hartville Kitchen on May 26, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir on June 25 at Chautauqua, N.Y., and Planes, Trains and Eagles on July 19.

Keenagers of Third Baptist Church will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the church to plan day trips for the summer and a special program for a future meeting.

Liberty 55-Plus Club will meet for its annual St. Patrick’s Day meeting at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at First Christian Assembly Church, Cardinal Drive, Liberty. Kay Herberger will preside, and Pat Schultz and Marge Wilster will serve as hostesses. A 50-50 raffle is planned, and March birthdays will be acknowledged. Mary Palko is the new sunshine chairwoman.

Retirees of Local 2243 U.S.W.A. Copperweld Steel (S.O.A.R. Chapter 1-28-10) will have a meeting at 1 p.m. Thursday at Local 1375 union hall, 684 N. Park Ave., Warren. Dennis Watkins, Trumbull County prosecutor, will speak.

Martha Lupse 50-Plus Card and Game Club will meet from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursday in Room 106 at Poland United Methodist Church. Bridge, 500, chess and checkers will be played, and Patty Perio 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 330-549-0183.

Park Vista Retirement Community will host the Road Scholar/Elderhostel program “From Grand Central to Union Station: A History of Railroads in the U.S.” on March 22. The event will be from 9:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at the gathering room, 1216 Fifth Ave., Youngstown. The cost is $37 and includes lunch and parking. Register through Road Scholar at www.roadscholar.org or by calling toll free at 877-426-8056.

Sears Friendship Club will meet at noon Monday at What’s Cookin’ on South Avenue.

Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 1199, retirees will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Belmont Union Hall.

St. Brendan 60-Plus Club will meet at 1:15 Monday. Dorothy LoSasso will preside, and Dorothy Procick will give reports. Dues of $5 will be collected. New members are welcome. Cards and bingo will follow the meeting.

St. Christine Seniors will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the parish center for their monthly luncheon. Ruth Infante will preside. Hostesses will be Jean Kiliany, Mary West, Mary Morley and Olga Kucynski. Carol McClain and Mary Jo Theis will give reports. A drawing for a free luncheon will take place, there will be a 50-50 raffle, and cards and bingo will be played. Dues of $5 for 2011 will be collected.

Sunshine Seniors will meet at noon Tuesday at the Byzantine Center with Betty Jane Fehrenbaugh presiding. For reservations or cancellations call Vera DeFuria at 330-792-6607 no later than Monday. Birthdays and anniversaries will be honored, a 50-50 raffle is planned, and bingo will be played. New members are welcome; call Fehrenbaugh at 330-549-9904 for more information. Members are asked to report illnesses and deaths to Ellen Famularo at 330-965-3851.

Upcoming activities for senior citizens organizations are published Sunday. Please submit information to the Society Department by 5 p.m. Wednesday.