Activity Center hosts Easter dinner and games

GRAVETTE — Guests at the Billy V. Hall Senior Activity Center enjoyed an Easter celebration Thursday, April 14, with an Easter bonnet contest, Easter dinner menu and games following the meal.

Almost every seat was filled at lunchtime as regular patrons and guests came out to participate in the celebration. Tables were strewn with jelly beans and a variety of Easter candies. Small Easter egg trees, metal ducklings and bunnies served as centerpieces. Each place setting featured an Easter napkin and a bunny favor made from a small plastic egg.

Several ladies had been working throughout the week decorating hats for the annual Easter bonnet contest. Eight ladies entered the contest and each person received a ballot on which they voted for their favorite bonnet. Winners in the Easter bonnet contest were LaVonda Augustine, Mavis Killeen and Sue Peters. Each received a gift bag containing a decorated wooden Easter cutout.

The dinner menu featured ham with pineapple garnish, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, deviled eggs, a roll and coconut cake. Many diners stayed for a session of games after the meal.

A large pile of candy was placed on one table for an Easter dice game. Each player started with four pieces of candy and was able to add to or deduct from their stash depending on what number they rolled on the die. Mary Griffin won the game by being the first person to collect ten pieces. Following the dice game, guests played several rounds of bingo with Easter baskets filled with candy and snacks as prizes.

Westside Eagle Observer/SUSAN HOLLAND Melissa Provence (standing), director of the Billy V. Hall Senior Activity Center, looks on as guests play an Easter dice game after the Center’s annual Easter dinner. The day’s activities included a watercolor class, an Easter bonnet contest, the holiday dinner and games. Pictured are LaVonda Augustine (left), Juanita Whiteside, Jeanie Easley and Mary Tipling.

Westside Eagle Observer/SUSAN HOLLAND Entrants in the Easter bonnet contest at the Billy V. Hall Senior Activity Center line up Thursday and display their decorated hats. Pictured are Sue Rice (left), Fran Croxdale, Juanita Whiteside, Mary Griffin, LaVonda Augustine, Mavis Killeen, Linda Damron and Sue Peters. LaVonda Augustine, Mavis Killeen and Sue Peters were judged winners.

Westside Eagle Observer/SUSAN HOLLAND LaVonda Augustine, Mavis Killeen and Sue Peters display the prizes they received for being judged winners in the Easter bonnet contest at the Billy V. Hall Senior Activity Center on Thursday. Winners were judged by ballot and announced just before the Center’s annual Easter dinner. The celebration continued with games after lunch.