Another one bites the dust?Clicking the address here will take you to a fantastic picture of the above house and a great article about it. The house definitely appears to be going down. The ones above showed it about two days ago. It may be gone now. It is located at 702 West Center S
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10/08/2022
Who made frying pans?While digging around in old stuff in my garage I came across this interesting frying pan (my folks would have said skillet). It was different, kinda pale and not heavy at all. But most interesting was the still-attached ticket saying "Home made for Dewey Wright." I remembe
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10/01/2022
Look at this ad from 1970! The Pit Drive-In was located in Searcy AR on East Race. It was greatly loved and look at the price of a tub of chicken......$1.49. Compare that with today and cry. Many folks went there to get their fried chicken instead of trying to cook it at home. I wrote a blog
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09/26/2022
I know. It is not Valentine's day or even close but this old blog that I did several years ago talking about a Valentine Queen for Searcy was fun then and is still fun now. This cutie in the photo and what she replied is meaningful today because it shows that history repeats itself. The pictur
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09/14/2022
1957 White County 4-H Club WinnersFound! Treasure from 1957 with pictures of two winners at the fair. I'm guessing but I think she may have won a sewing machine and he won for having a great steer. The style of the day is obvious. She was wearing a dress and I loved the way he had those jean
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08/22/2022
Searcy AR RevisitThe lady on the right above is Betty Mason Martin and she lived in Searcy way back in about 1947. Her memories of Searcy are quite favorable except for one so she just paid us a visit. She now lives in Virginia, drove to Arkansas, and had a visit with old friends from her child
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08/12/2022
Anyone recognize the Searcy girl in the picture of Maud Crawford serving tea at Arkansas Girls State? My friend and great Searcy Sleuth has found this picture in the newspaper or on line and knew the girl. Here's what Anita wrote about it."Arkansan and author, Beth Brickell, has published anoth
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07/31/2022
Searcy Beethoven Club. A friend of mine loaned me some interesting folders that she had found at an estate sale. The folders were all about Searcy Beethoven Club history. The club operated in Searcy AR and articles date back to at the least the 1950's and possibly earlier. Lots of pictures sh
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07/25/2022
Because it is so hot these old pictures are interesting.Wonder what the temperature was? This old picture dates back to about 1950's and shows how things used to be. If you wanted a suntan, this is the way you got it.....out in the hot sun showing your bodies. Later on, there was the electric
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07/21/2022
Interesting Democrat Gazette ArticleToday's Arkansas Democrat Gazette had this interesting "Remember...?" article written by Celia Storey about the history of Yarnell's Ice Cream that operated in Searcy for about 80 years. We have a tendency to forget how many years have passed as we remember th
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07/18/2022
