SENIOR CITIZENS


60 Plus Club of St. Brendan Church will meet at 1:15 p.m. Monday. Ann Smith will preside, and Dorothy Procik and Dorothy LoSasso will give the reports. New members are welcome. To report illnesses or deaths call Theresa Vivacqua at 330-793-2792.

Austintown AARP 4339 will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Grace Lutheran Church, 1612 Raccoon Road. Blood pressure screenings will be available at 12:30 p.m. Guest speaker will be Karen Barr from Meals on Wheels. Members are encouraged to take a can of Manwich as a donation to the Rescue Mission. Refreshments will be served. A board meeting will take place Sept. 19. Guests and new members are always welcome.

Canfield AARP 3104 will meet at 1 p.m. Monday at Canfield Presbyterian Church. Joel Kellner will provide a program on volunteers. Blood pressure screenings will be available from noon to 12:45 p.m. Only three trips remain for the year, in addition to the sold-out “Mystery Trip” Thursday: Oct. 12, “A Salute to the Crooners” in Erie, Pa., including a visit to a chrysanthemum farm and a winery, call 330-332-4791 for reservations; Nov. 15-19, four days, three nights in Ashville, N.C., to see the Biltmore Mansion decorated for Christmas, three shows at Pidgeon Forge, Tenn., and a Dollywood Christmas are included. For more information call 330-337-7133; details will be available at this meeting for a December trip to see “A Hawaiian Christmas, make reservations at 330-533-4413. Nonmembers are welcome and may call 330-332-4791 for information. The monthly board meeting will be at 10 a.m. Sept. 19 at the church.

Coitsville Seniors will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Coitsville Town Hall. Pizza will be served. President Jane Orlo will preside. Devotions will be given by Dorothy Churilla. September birthdays and anniversaries will be acknowledged. A 50-50 raffle will precede card bingo with caller Steve Hrycik. Final plans will be made on upcoming luncheons. Residents and nonresidents are encouraged to join. For information call Mary Jane Guidos at 330-536-8320.

Croatian Pensioners of the Mahoning Valley will have their Fall Fest Buffet Dinner at noon Thursday at the Lodge 66 Croatian Center, 3200 Vestal Road. The cost is $10 each to members and guests. For information call Millie Terihay at 330-757-2024. The last day for reservations is today. To report illnesses, call Sophie Ceryan at 330-759-1790.

Girard OldTimers will meet at Lamancusa Restaurant for a luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Thursday.

Golden Pillars will meet for a liturgy at 11 a.m. Tuesday prior to the monthly meeting at noon at St. Mary’s Assumption Social Center, 356 S. Belle Vista Ave., Youngstown. Mary Novak will preside, birthdays and anniversaries will be observed, and cards and bingo will be played. Members are asked to take their own place settings for the luncheon.

Happy Wanderers will meet Friday. Take a lunch for noon, and come early to spend time visiting. Those whose last names begin with A-L are asked to take a pie. Doris Furney will be the speaker and Patrick Gainard will update the group on the Spiritual Health & Wellness” day scheduled for Sept. 23. The hospitality committee will be Helen Collins, Charlotte Bottar, Ruth Vestal, Mary Ellen Wohlgamuth and Phyllis Thomas. Greeters will be Wilma Quinn, Margaret Linn, Shirley Petrek and Shirley Rainer. Just a few seats are still available for the Sept. 21 Red Barn Players’ presentation of “Anything Goes,” with Cole Porter music, on Sept. 29. Other upcoming trips are Mystery Tour, Oct. 14; Dickens Victorian Village & Coal Miner’s Christmas Train Ride, Nov. 11; and Jeff and Sheri Easter at Hartville Kitchen Dec. 1. For more information, call 330-534-2759.

J.C. Penney Retirees will meet for lunch at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at Denny’s in Boardman.

Liberty 55-Plus members will meet at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at First Christian Assembly Church, Cardinal Drive. Kay Herberger will preside, and she and Dorothy Durina will serve as hostesses. There will be a 50-50 raffle, and September birthdays will be acknowledged.

Local 2243 USWA Copperweld Steel (SOAR Chapter 1-28-10) retirees will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday at Local 1375 Union Hall, 684 N. Park Ave., Warren. Guest speaker will be Trumbull County Commissioner Frank Fuda.

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 Marilyn Boggs 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.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Seniors will have a pastor’s luncheon after the noon Mass Wednesday. Guests are welcome. For information, call Call 330-534-7222 or 330-797-9248.

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

St. Anthony Senior Club will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Faini Hall for the first time. The hall is located in the upper rear parking lot. Lunch will be available at noon. The lunch committee is Steve and Marian DeGenaro and John and Mary Ann Julian. Members who still haven’t paid their 2011 dues are reminded to do so.

St. Charles Over 55 Seniors will resume meetings at noon Tuesday in Father Haidet Social Hall. Annual dues will be collected, and refreshments will be served, followed by cards and board games. New members are welcome. For more information, call Carolyn Valensi at 330-726-2375.

Sunshine Seniors will meet at noon Sept. 20 at the Byzantine Center at the Grove. President Betty Jane Fehrenbaugh will preside. For reservations or cancellations call Vera DeFuria at 330-792-6607 by Monday. There will be a 50-50 raffle and bingo, and birthdays and anniversaries will be observed. To report illness or death of members call Ellen Famularo at 330-965-3851.

UFCW Local 880 Retirees will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Davidson’s Restaurant, 3636 Canfield Road, Cornersburg. The law firm of Lane & Rusu LLP will present a seminar on Medicare, probate and elder care law. All Local 880 retirees are urged to consider joining the group. New members are always welcome. For more information, call 330-544-5656 or 330-788-2181.

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