SENIOR CITIZENS

Austintown AARP Chapter 4339 will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Grace Lutheran Church, 1612 Raccoon Road. The board will meet at 12:30. Jim Crawford will speak about Medicare. Members are asked to take plastic wrap for the Rescue Mission. Refreshments will be served. Guests and new members are welcome. Tickets at a cost of $3 will be sold for the July 10 picnic; a covered dish to share also is requested. There will be a tour to Lancaster, Pa., in September to see “Jonah.” Anyone interested should contact Doris Snyder at 330-799-0670. The cost is $299 per person plus $14 for insurance.

Golden Pillars will meet for an 11 a.m. liturgy Tuesday before a noon meeting at St. Mary’s Assumption Social Center, 356 S. Belle Vista Ave., Youngstown. Mary Novak will preside, and Edward Kohl will be honored as Father of the Year. Birthdays and anniversaries will be observed, and cards and bingo will be played. Members are asked to take their own table setting for the luncheon.

Happy Wanderers will have a monthly meeting Friday. Meet and greet will begin a little past 11 a.m., and the meeting will begin with a sack lunch at noon. Recent Hubbard High School graduate Rachel Bancroft will provide a program of music and tell of her recent mission trips to El Salvador. Serving as hostesses will be Irene DeStasio, Lois Singer, Ilene Hudavoni, Shirley Petrik, Shirley Rainey and Helen Cook. Greeters will be Mary Ellen Wohlgamuth, Wilma Quinn, Vivian Fell and Nancy Murray. The picnic committee will meet briefly at 11:30 a.m. Upcoming tours follow: departure for the annual mystery tour June 19 will be 6:30 a.m. On July 24 there is a trip to Erie, Pa., to the Station Dinner Theatre for its presentation of “The Carol Burnett Show.” Aug. 30 is the Made in America tour of the Buffalo, N.Y., area. Sept. 14 is dinner and the Red Barn Theatre for “Suds,” the rocking ’60s musical soap opera. For information call 330-534-2759.

J.C. Penney Retirees will meet for lunch at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at Denny’s in Boardman. Final plans for the picnic will be made.

Local 1199 will meet at 10 a.m. Monday at the union hall on Belmont Avenue. Union members are asked to attend. New members are welcome.

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 Bob Ferrara 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.

Saxon Retirees will meet at noon Thursday at the club ballroom on Meridian Road. The cost of a city chicken dinner is $8; reservations or cancellations should be made by this evening by calling Hermine Gentile at 330-799-0456, Lisa Scott at 330-539-6463 or Ernie Schuller at 330-793-1771.

Sears Friendship Club will meet at noon Monday at Antone’s Restaurant in Boardman.

St. Joseph Goldenagers will meet for an annual catered picnic at 11:30 a.m. Thursday in Lyons Hall. Evelyn Menaldi will preside, reports will be given, and Carol McClain will read the thought for the day. The cost of $12 is payable at the door. Cards will be played, and get-well cards will be sent to members who are ill. The next meeting will be in July.

St. Rose Seniors will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday at Amen Corner for pizza and coffee.

Sunshine Seniors will meet at noon June 19 at the Byzantine Center at the Grove. Betty Jean Fehrenbaugh will preside. For reservations or cancellations call Vera DeFuria at 330-792-6607 no later than Monday. Birthdays and anniversaries will be acknowledged, and there will be a 50-50 raffle. To report a sickness or death call Ellen Famularo at 330-965-3851.

UFCW Local 880 Retirees Club will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Davidson’s Restaurant, 3636 Canfield Road, Cornersburg. Games will be played and there will be a raffle. Membership is open to all UFCW Local 880 retirees. Guests are welcome. For 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.