A chess club for adults and for children 6 and older meets the first and third Mondays of the month at Clark Memorial Library in Carolina.

The Providence Journal / Kris Craig

Retired federal employees: The South County chapter of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees will meet at Chianti’s Restaurant, 195 Forge Rd., East Greenwich, next Tuesday at 1:30 p.m., when URI pharmacology professor Bill Ballou will be the speaker.

A luncheon will be served at 12:15. Reservations to that are required, and may be made by calling Fannie Boober at 884-0489, Tony or Joan Senape at 783-7367, Alan or Joan French at 294-2664 or Jessie Leonetti at 596-7387.

Bridge clubs: The South County Bridge Club organizes games of duplicate contract bridge each Thursday at 12:30 and 6:30 p.m. at the Neighborhood Guild, 325 Columbia St., Peace Dale.

For information, call Bill Niemi at 935-8725, To register for lessons, call the guild at 789-9301.

Niemi leads supervised bridge sessions the second and fourth Saturday of the month, from 9 to 11 a.m., at the Cross’ Mills Public Library, 4417 Old Post Rd., Charlestown. Players of all levels are welcome. Bridge games are played each Monday at 1 p.m.

Duplicate bridge games are played at the Narragansett Community Center, 53 Mumford Rd., Narragansett, each Monday at 6:30 p.m., and Wednesday at 12:30 p.m.

For information call Joan O’Connell at 369-4012.

Chess club: Clark Memorial Library, 7 Pinehurst Drive, Carolina, hosts a chess club for adults and children age 6 and up, meeting the first and third Mondays of the month at 6:30 p.m. To register, call 364-6100.

Newcomers groups: The South Kingstown/Narragansett Friends, a group for anyone new to the area, meets the second Wednesday of the month at 9 a.m. at the Narragansett Community Center, 53 Mumford Rd., Narragansett. For information, call 788-1022.

Moms clubs: Clark Memorial Library, 7 Pinehurst Drive, Carolina, is the site of a Moms Club meeting the first Friday of the month, at 10:30 a.m.

Washington County Moms meets the first Monday of each month, at 10 a.m., at Christ United Methodist Church, 2291 Kingstown Rd., Kingston. Children are welcome and a continental breakfast is served.

For information, call 782-2373.

The Moms Club of South County meets the second Thursday of the month at 10 a.m. at the Neighborhood Guild, 325 Columbia St., Peace Dale.

For information, call 782-9118.

Knitting clubs: A knitting group for all levels meets at Clark Memorial Library, 7 Pinehurst Drive, Carolina, the third Monday of the month at 7 p.m.

The Narragansett Senior/Community Center, 53 Mumford Rd., is the site of a knitting group each Thursday at 10 a.m. A knitting instructor is available with help the second Thursday of the month, for a $5 fee.

A group meets at the Maury Loontjens Memorial Library, 35 Kingstown Rd., Friday from 3 to 5 p.m.

The Jamestown Philomenian Library, 26 North Rd., Jamestown, hosts a drop-in group for knitters of all ages, each Sunday at 1 p.m.

Quilting group: The Ninigret Quilters Guild meets the second Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at St. Andrew Lutheran Church, East Beach Road and Route 1, Charlestown.

For information, call 783-0989.

Divorce support: A support group entitled “Life After Divorce” meets the second Wednesday of the month, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 8050 Post Rd., North Kingstown.

For information or to register, call Leslie Dwyer at 885-7619.