foreclosures: When Kroger was in downtown Searcy AR...on Spring Street. - 05/09/12 10:56 AM
While touring Pioneer Village in Searcy AR I saw this picture hanging in the old depot building. I remembered that no one seemed to be able to remember when the Krogers store was in downtown Searcy on Spring Street. The picture says it was on Spring Street and it names the people in the picture. Here's a bigger view of the tag.
Left to right, Marshall Watson, employee, Jesse Byrd, manager, Tommy Byrd, employee and Ed Coward, customer. Ed looks as if he is floating in air but it is the reflections from the surroundings that give that appearance. It's … (18 comments)
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foreclosures: A truck to match my shoes!! How lucky can a girl be? Searcy AR collectibles. - 12/30/11 09:33 PM
I saw the truck and had to turn around and go back for a picture.
It had a for sale sign on it so surely the owner wouldn't mind if I snapped a picture.
My ulterior motive?
It would match my shoes!!
You don't believe it?
Have a look.
Wouldn't they go well together? I may need some orange socks to make them match a little better.
Now, just a little history about the shoes. My mother-in-law never threw anything away. Upon her death, I decided I had to keep these shoes even though they don't fit. They came … (9 comments)
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foreclosures: Great photo of Searcy AR folks. - 12/20/11 01:17 PM
Borrowed photograph from a facebook friend with permission.
I just love this photo.
I can tell you who they are and will but I think it would be fun to see if any Sleuths know who they are.
The old car is great. The happy smiles of the boy and girl are great. And look at the thick wavy hair on the guy. She has on a fashionable cowl-necked dress with a sashed waistline and looks all dressed up.
I can't quite make out the thing in the background, can you? Is it the rest of the car???
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foreclosures: Those Hoggards....they really rock! Top producers in Searcy Arkansas - 12/16/11 10:08 AM
The Hoggard Team in Searcy Arkansas does so much business!
They are the top team producers in our area.
And they are nice!
You could say they "ROCK."
Just observe.
That's Phil on the left, Joel in the center and Judy on the right. They are at our weekly sales meeting and rush to grab the seats beside the wall. At first I thought the rockin' was just a Phil thing. Then I saw Joel doing it. And then......Judy joined.
I'm jealous. If I did that the chair would slip and I'd be floor bound and the REALTORS would ROTFL.
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foreclosures: My 3 cents worth.....a whine. - 12/10/11 04:19 PM
I received a check for 3 cents from an ebay settlement!
The are pretty demanding, however, and say that I have to cash it before 12/22/2011 or it will be no good.
It's Christmas time, for Pete's sake, and I'm a busy person.
I may not get to the bank by then and I'll bet no one will accept this check with a store purchase.
What if I buy a 10 cent coke and try to pay with this check and a few pennies. (Oh, I forgot! There are no 10 cent cokes anymore.)
I guess I got paid pretty … (17 comments)
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foreclosures: What happened to all the HUD houses in Arkansas? - 11/22/11 03:23 PM
What happened to all the HUD houses for sale?
Anyone who is shopping for a HUD home has noticed that the listings for Arkansas properties on hudhomestore.com have all but disappeared. It happened suddenly, around mid-November, much to the dismay of bargain hunters throughout White County and around the state.
Here’s what seems to be going on.
A bankruptcy case filed in the Jonesboro area has caused a temporary suspension of many HUD transactions in the state of Arkansas. According to a story published Nov. 14 on The City Wire (www.thecitywire.com), a Chapter 13 bankruptcy judge in … (6 comments)
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foreclosures: What's an airplane bungalow? Google search spells it out and Searcy has an example. - 11/20/11 08:47 AM
Dorothy Warden, our historical oracle supreme, does a column in the Searcy Daily Citizen each Saturday and she mentioned in one of her columns an airplane bungalow at the corner of Fir and Center Streets.
I hustled over to that street and saw nothing that looked like an airplane. Sleuth Anita googled it and found this description of the house style.
The Airplane Bungalow style dates from the early 1900s and becamevery popular in Los Angeles in the mid-teens.
The Airplane Bungalow is a residential style that grew out of theCraftsman movement. The Craftsman movement grew out of theEnglish Arts and … (20 comments)
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foreclosures: Are you missing me yet? Old Kelso Purina Building has been updated...Oops! Replaced in Searcy Arkansas. - 11/15/11 08:21 PM
One can take a nap while waiting for the traffic light at the corner of South Main and Beebe Capps Expressway. Adding a McDonald's and a Burger King has made this one of the most congested corners in Searcy AR.
Instead of a nap today I took a picture of our new building that now occupies the corner on the NW side. It looks like this today. It is very attractive and is the home of Kernodle and Katon Asset Management Company.
Just a few blogs (look closely because I said BLOGs not blocks) away, we had the old Kelso … (11 comments)
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foreclosures: Help identify this druggist. Jack V Shaw, Searcy DrugMaster Pharmacy? - 11/08/11 08:22 AM
The White County Historical Society held its Pioneer Village open on Sunday November 6, 2011 from 1:00 p.m to 4:00 p.m. I visited the open house and enjoyed seeing the old way of living and rejoiced that we have a lot more comfortable life today.
In the old West Point Post Office I met Marilyn Sims and she held up a bottle and said none of the members could remember this particular old Searcy name. The bottle was inscribed by Jack V Shaw, Ph.G, from the Searcy DrugMaster Pharmacy.
I bragged about the Searcy Sleuths and how they can solve any … (10 comments)
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foreclosures: I'm a survivor too. How come that mansion gets all the attention in Judsonia Arkansas. - 10/31/11 03:38 PM
If houses could talk, that might be what this house would say. It is located right across the street from the Judsonia Arkansas mansion that survived the 1952 tornado. We have featured the mansion several times in blogs with the latest perhaps being this one. First, let's review the after-the-tornado photograph.
Now look to the right and see the house that has lost a porch but still has the porch rails. And then check out this house that we had listed for sale probably way back in the 80's.
The porch rails still look lovely. The porch has been reattached … (13 comments)
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foreclosures: 128 year old house for sale in Searcy Arkansas. It's a beauty. - 10/12/11 09:08 PM
This picture showed up in our Multiple Listing Service. It grabs your attention, doesn't it?
The information given indicates that it was built in 1883! The house also overlooks the river in a small town near Searcy. Sleuths love puzzles so I will not tell where it is right now. Here's another photo. Price is $97,500 if you want me to sell it to you.
We toured it and as we were leaving we noticed the top of the roof. So, Sleuths, you tell me what these things on this roof are for. Decoration? Lightning rods? I'm puzzled.
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foreclosures: The bigger the tree the older the house # 2. - 10/10/11 12:20 PM
The blog that I wrote earlier about the houses being older as the trees gets bigger proved to be true again. I thought I was brilliant when I figured out that as the trees grow, the houses around the trees become older. Look at our subdivisions. When they started out, most were treeless, but when the subdivisions age, trees tend to take over.
So look what brought me to a screeching halt as I drove to work.
The detail of the house which was once beautiful can now be seen if you can peep over the gigantic tree that has been downed. … (17 comments)
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foreclosures: Important people at Searcy AR long ago - 09/20/11 01:53 PM
This picture has been loaned by Ramona Palmer Riddle, who grew up in Searcy Arkansas and knew everyone! It even has the names on the back to tell us who they were.
Standing with the dirty apron was Bob Barlow and granddaughter. Year was 1947
Left to right were J. C. Hart, J. B. Plant, Elzie Darden, Carthel Angel, Melvin Phelps, Bud Collins, Tom Walker, Bud Moye, Orvil Rouse, Emil Hart, M. M. Garrison, Hubert Coward, Bill Price, Harold Humphey, Harry Price, F. P. Girkin, "Fat" Westbrook, Jake Nelson and Sam Lanier.
Where was this taken? Sleuths will surely say.
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foreclosures: Men in overcoats. Men in overcoats are SO handsome. Searcy AR historic blog. - 09/13/11 09:20 PM
I really have nagged my husband through the years. He'd get up to go to work and from the hips up he'd be covered with so many clothes he couldn't possibly get cold. Gloves, hat, three layers of coats. BUT....from the hips down, he'd have on a single pair of bluejeans.
"Honey," I'd say, "Why don't you wear an overcoat? It would keep you warm all over...?"
He'd make some remark like, "Real men don't wear overcoats. Or Southern guys don't wear overcoats. Or why don't you just leave me alone!" Then he'd slam the door and leave.
This old picture … (10 comments)
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foreclosures: This man has his hands full. Three kids, two ponies, and a suicide door car. - 08/30/11 05:01 PM
Blogging has taught me so much. I'd never heard of suicide doors on cars until it was pointed out on this blog. See an example below.
Suicide doors is not the subject of this blog but isn't it amazing how so many old pictures had the car in the scene. Back to the subject, this man is the father of Ramona Palmer Riddle. Here's what she has to say about this picture.
Barbara, thought you might get a kick out of this. It is my Dad holding Bo and Linda and Derrel on the ponies. The ponies are Pet and Button. … (7 comments)
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foreclosures: Downtown Judsonia Arkansas was not lucky during the 1952 tornado. - 08/23/11 06:31 PM
The last blog was about the mansion in Judsonia that stood strongly through the 1952 Judsonia AR tornado. Driving through downtown Judsonia will show you some buildings that didn't make it very well but still stand. This one could be turned into an abstract painting because it has so much muted color and fascinating details. Take a look.
Can't you just visualize it when it was a store or a movie house or a gathering place of some kind? Here's the side view.
And for our artistic closeup, study this one. I lowered the resolution for this blog but in high … (13 comments)
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foreclosures: Old Searcy Arkansas Public School. Where was this building? - 08/15/11 09:05 PM
We've just been commenting on where the Searcy Sleuths attended school way back when....
Since I didn't grow up here, I can't say much about the schools or the teachers or the students from Searcy Arkansas.
I did purchase a great postcard on ebay, however, and wonder where this school was located. I'd like to drive by and see if the house is still there. Note the house looked so much like ones we still have in Searcy.
Sleuths, if you are listening, tell us what we need to know about this building.
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foreclosures: Ramona Palmer Riddle's place of birth right here on East Race Street in Searcy Arkansas. - 08/10/11 09:08 PM
Ramona Palmer Riddle grew up in Searcy Arkansas and I hope she becomes one of our honored Sleuths. She remembers so much about the old town. She shared this picture of her mother and dad standing at the porch of the house in which she was born. The picture appears to have been hand tinted. It's lovely.
This house just happens to be the neighboring house to our office at 1507 East Race Street so I hustled out the front door and snapped a picture of it as it is today. Notice they appear to have added a second front … (27 comments)
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foreclosures: Old filling station gone. Remember when they were on every street corner? - 08/08/11 04:10 PM
I saw the big shovels working on this old filling station on Main Street in Searcy Arkansas. I knew that I'd have to visit Google to get a picture of it that might be recognizable. Here is the one that no longer IS.
So it is gone and so is this place that was beside it. Recognize it?
Any of the Searcy Sleuths who may live away and come to Searcy just occasionally, be aware that the corner of South Main and Lincoln has changed. No telling what will be going up there shortly.
Another GONE thing would … (18 comments)
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foreclosures: Bald Knob, Beebe and Kensett AR movie theaters of long ago. Movies on Saturday 15 cents. - 08/02/11 10:45 PM
Searcy has an old movie theater that has lots of fame and gets lots of publicity. How about the other small towns? I think each had a movie theater and each theater was loved by the kids, especially on Saturday afternoon when they had a cowboy movie and a serial before the movie. I always wondered HOW that girl could be saved from that conveyor belt headed for the saws with her strapped on the belt and screaming her head off.
Here's Bald Knob.
Here's Beebe. Beebe just had a fire in this old structure so changes are in store.
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