PHOTOS: Easter egg hunt, then and now
Lenka Barnes waits to go on an Easter egg hunt at Marantette Park Sunday. It was the 70th anniversary of the event, sponsored by the Lions Club. The hunt, however, has seen a few cancellations over the years — due to snow and bad weather. Sunday’s weather was fantastic, with highs in the 60s.
Youngster Brian Kelly won a live rabbit — one of the prizes of the April 4, 1953 hunt. The Lions Club put out more than 900 eggs at what appears today to be Pinewood Park on Fourth Avenue West. (Mel Ruder photo)
The Swedish Angel, a professional wrestler from the era, helped hide eggs during the original Lions Club Easter egg hunt in April, 1953. (Mel Ruder photo)
Kids race to get eggs. (Chris Peterson photos)
Josephine Peterson and Clark Tullos ham it up for the camera during the Lions Club Easter egg hunt Sunday.
A series of the images of the Columbia Falls Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by the Lions Club, both from this past Easter and from the inaugural event 70 years ago.
