CLUB CALENDAR

ALLIANCES

Ohio Cultural Alliance will have a dinner meeting at 6 p.m. May 7 at Holy Family Church Hall, 229 Center Road, Poland. Monsignor James A. Clarke, pastor of St. Paul Church in North Canton, Ohio, will depict the resonating voice of Bishop James W. Malone, long-time leader of the Catholic Diocese of Youngstown. Wade Raridan Singers will offer a selection of sacred music. Membership fees continue at $25 per person, and meetings cost $15 per paid-up member and $20 for each nonmember. Reservations may be mailed to OCA, P.O. Box 561, Canfield, OH 44406, by May 1. Those attending are asked to take paper products for the Gleaners Food Bank.

AUXILIARIES

Sulmona Valley Auxiliary will meet at noon Tuesday at The Elmton on Fifth Street, Struthers. Anna DeChellis is hostess. Telephone committee members will be calling for reservations. Plans for the Mother’s Day dinner for members and guests will be discussed.

CLUBS

Mahoning Valley Cribbage Club will meet at noon April 27 at St. James Church, 7640 Glenwood Ave., Boardman. New players are welcome. For more information call 330-530-1254.

Poland Women’s Club will meet for its annual business meeting at 7:30 p.m. Monday, when leaders will be elected for next year. Members are reminded to take travel-size beauty products. Beth Alexoff is hostess, and co-hostesses are Mary Kay DelliQuadri and April Dornan. There are to be no guests at this meeting.

GRANGES

Dublin Grange will celebrate its 118th anniversary when it meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Golden Sheaf members and past masters will be recognized. The Community Citizen of the Year Award will be presented to Debbie Pifer, manager of White House Fruit Farm. Visitors are welcome.

GUILDS

American Sewing Guild Niles Chapter’s Neighborhood Groups have scheduled the following meeting. Visitors are welcome. Southington Sew Sews meets at 9:30 a.m. Monday at Southington Christian Church, state Route 534, for a strawberry pin cushion project. Pattern, etc., will be provided. Call 330-538-2819.

ORDERS

Youngstown Chapter, Rosicrucian Order, AMORC, will have an open public meeting at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Dublin Grange, 6571 Fairground Blvd., Canfield. The program will be a book review of “The Plan,” written by Dr. Lonnie C. Edwards, vice president, AMORC, and a question-and-answer session regarding the Rosicrucian Order. Refreshments and fellowship will follow.

POLITICAL CLUBS

Girard Men’s Democrat Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Parkwood Youth Center.

RELIGIOUS GROUPS

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church Altar and Rosary Society will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday for the rosary in the church followed by a meeting in the church hall at 618 Ohio 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.

SINGLES

D.A.R.E. Singles Group, a social group for divorced, widowed and separated people, meets at 7:30 p.m. each Thursday at Disciples Christian Church, 565 Boardman-Canfield Road. Contact numbers are 330-533-7062, 330-729-0127 and 330-793-1484. The following are scheduled: Pub of the month, 7 p.m. Tuesday; game night at the church, 7:30 p.m. Thursday; and bowling at Boardman Lanes, 7:30 p.m. April 28.

SOCIETIES

Audubon Society of the Mahoning Valley invites the public to a program at 7 p.m. Tuesday in McMahon Hall at the Mill Creek MetroParks Farm on Route 46 in Canfield. The program will be about the fascinating lives of ruby-throated hummingbirds by Jeff Harvey, president of the society. For information call 888-846-8851.

Lake Milton Historical Society will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Lake Milton American Legion. A short meeting will precede guest speaker JoAnne Derrow.

SUPPORT GROUPS

Mended Hearts, Chapter 7, a support group for heart-disease survivors and their families, will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Azalea Room at St. Elizabeth Health Center, Boardman Campus. Dr. Mark Billy, surgical dentist, will speak about dental health. For more information contact Joe Clark at 330-702-8859. A speakers bureau on heart disease is available at no charge. For dates call Lee Meadows, 330-793-2531.

Nar-Anon Family Group, which helps those who are adversely affected by a relative or friend who is an addict, will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Neil Kennedy Recovery Clinic, 5211 Mahoning Ave., Suite 300, Austintown.

Survivors of Suicide in Columbiana County will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at Columbiana County Counseling Center, 40722 state Route 154, Lisbon. This support group is for families who have lost a loved one to suicide. For information call Help Hotline Crisis Center at 330-424-7767.

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 330-793-4378 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.

VETERANS

Korean War Veterans Association, Chapter 137 Mahoning Valley, has scheduled a monthly meeting for 7 p.m. Monday at the Army-Navy Garrison, Route 422, Girard. New members from all branches of the service are welcome. For information call John Pariza at 330-717-5242.

VFW Auxiliary to Post 9571 will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the post home, 11397 Ellsworth Road, Ellsworth. Election of officers will take place. Installation will be conducted in May. For information call 330-547-3327.

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