searcy ar: Searcy needs this? Remember Roseann Motel? A possibly 1960's menu ebay.
- 04/12/24 07:55 AM
Few can remember this.....
The Roseann Motel-Restaurant in Searcy AR. was a popular spot and this menu opens and prices the food. Hamburger 35 cents, coffee 10 cents and it goes on and on with those cheap, cheap prices of food. It is now for sale on ebay. If the Historical Society does not have a copy, it should have one. It can be found for just a few days by clicking on ebay.com and search for Roseann Menu and it should pull up. It does not have a date but the seller says the 1960s. No signs of the building remain … (1 comments)
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searcy ar: Gone. A farmhouse! Once in the country! Country Club Rd. Belmont Est.
- 03/25/24 11:33 AM
Lovely farmhouse.....now history.
This charming house had its space on Country Club Road. Land, barns, storage. It was a typical outside-of-town farm, owned and operated by the same family for so many years. Here is the remaining chimney. The house is gone.
And here are a few of the typical farm buildings that the farm included and are still there. They bring back good memories! Drive by!
There is now a street called Seabiscuit going to the back of the farm where a new subdivision is being built. The new properties will be within walking distance to Searcy Country Club.
The city has come out … (3 comments)
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searcy ar: Silver Moon Club. Newport AR. Elvis Presley poster. Rock n Roll Hwy.
- 03/17/24 10:48 AM
Did you ever hear of the Silver Moon? Did you go there?
It was in Newport AR and it hosted soon-to-be-famous stars like Elvis Presley, Fats Domino, Louis Armstrong, Conway Twitty, Sonny Burgess and many others. The club had alcohol, gambling, and live bands and could seat 800.
I found this poster in a drawer in my house and I think Hubby was a patron back in the 50's. Not me. I didn't live in Arkansas. He was familiar with the area and now there is a rock-n-roll highway that remembers it and other night clubs along the highway.
I found this picture of … (3 comments)
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searcy ar: AI? Artificial Intelligence. Crazy. Art Print. 311 W Center Searcy AR
- 03/08/24 06:23 AM
Artificial Intelligence?
MLS lets AI write our listed house remarks. They turn out to be awful descriptions with too much verbiage. So I am curious. Let's test them, if you know how. I don't know how but let's see if we could direct them to do a realistic picture of this house that was in Searcy AR and is now gone. Does it only write?
So this old house, beautiful at the time, was captured in a drawing by Arni Anderson in 1974. The location was at 311 W. Center Street and Townhouse Apartments took its place. Perhaps AI could search courthouses and … (9 comments)
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searcy ar: Long career, no see! House in Searcy with atrium, rare.
- 01/15/24 08:14 AM
Nice room, isn't it!
Well, it does look a little like snow on the chair and the floor. No, it is not fake snow for atmosphere......it is REAL SNOW! With the temperature in Searcy AR being about 13 degrees over the past hours and expected to be that for several days, one wonders who committed this crime!! SNOW IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS HOUSE! There is no roof over this area!
I have had a long real estate career (over 40 years) and this is the only atrium that I have seen in Searcy AR. The owner loves the house and the atrium! … (4 comments)
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searcy ar: Before cell phones. Before computers. The fun for kids? Good examples.
- 12/14/23 12:47 PM
Old Searcy AR fun!
What did kids do before they lived with computers and cell phones? Stumbling upon a memory is always fun. That happened to me today. This wonderful aerial view of a husband-built tree house without being attached to a tree is a pleasure.
I moved to Searcy in 1967 and lived on McRae Street. Hubby built this tree house (as we called it) for the kids. I bought this trampoline and it seemed to be the first one in Searcy AR based on its popularity. Two kids are on it in this photo. The kids could drag it from … (8 comments)
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searcy ar: Bobby Petrino visits Searcy 2/23/12. Saved for Tyler Higgins pic!
- 12/04/23 11:41 AM
Bobby Petrino is back in the news because he is back in Arkansas. I am not a football fan so why did I save this Arkansas Democrat Gazette news article? One reason! An adorable red headed young fan was in the picture. Let's blow it up!
Here is the enlarged picture of Tyler getting his shirt autographed by Coach Bobby Petrino. See the adoration in his eyes! He loved the Arkansas Razorbacks and the coach. He was about 10 or 11 years old with a wonderful abundance of red hair! Wonder where this shirt is now? It may be valuable!!
Who is the … (3 comments)
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searcy ar: Free blouses? JC Penney ad. 1972 Searcy AR yearbook. Solve the mystery!
- 11/24/23 11:41 AM
Did you read the above ad that was in the 1972 Searcy High School yearbook? Well, read it again and see if you can believe that J. C.Penney was saying that each Senior girl would get a free blouse.
That was my interpretation. So I did a little counting. I looked at the Senior girls and started counting. I came up with 74 Senior girls and each one of them had on one of the pictured above blouses! WOW! That's a lot of free blouses! Did boys feel left out? My friends said, "No, Penney's didn't give them all a blouse; they … (1 comments)
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searcy ar: Artists, Photographers, Collectors! I love them all! Mayfair exhibit!
- 11/17/23 12:05 PM
Photographers! Look at this great historic picture. It shows probably all of the employees of Wood Freeman Lumber in Searcy AR. On the trucks it gives the phone number as 446, Searcy and looks as if E. W. 's was 3200 and O. W. 's was 5000. Last names must be provided by Searcy Sleuths. See why I love photographers!
Artists! Look at this beautiful Phyllis Alexander print! A little girl with her loving pet. "The little dog laughed to see such sport" is written at the bottom. Phyllis Alexander is one of Searcy's best artists and painted so many portraits of … (5 comments)
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searcy ar: Another one bites the dust. Searcy AR very historic Blume's Eat Shop
- 10/31/23 11:18 AM
Gone! No need to drive by.
I went to the internet and found this rather old picture but not as old as the one above. I really like the way the rock has been put on....kinda creative.
Through the years of blogging, I have done this eat shop at least two other times. Let's research. Click on the first address below. It tells about some of its history. Read the comments and notice we had just become neighbors.
https://activerain.com/droplet/4Jyb
Now click on the next address. You must read the comments on it to learn all about it's history. It used to be on the main … (1 comments)
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searcy ar: Morning Sun corner, then and now. Post card. The way it was. Searcy AR
- 10/29/23 01:38 PM
Old postcard for sale on ebay.
Look at this fascinating picture of the old Morning Sun Tourist Cottages in Searcy AR. Morning Sun corner offered a lot. I thought it was just a filling station but here is what was offered according to the back of the card. Restaurant, Gas Service, Bar-B-Q, Sandwiches, Plate Lunches, Short Orders, Soft Drinks, Tobaccos, and Tourist Cottages. It offered 24 hour services, was located 4 miles south of Searcy and 50 miles north of Little Rock on Hwy 67! Unfortunately, the date is not readable and the building is now replaced by the brand new filling … (2 comments)
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searcy ar: Mary Vesta Ford, Walt Disney Rejection letter, Searcy AR, Style Bangs!
- 10/23/23 10:50 AM
1934 Kindergarten Class
Look at this class from 1934 and notice how the kids tried to be alike in hair fashion. Bangs! Bangs were definitely in for boys and girls! But that is not the main reason I am doing this blog. I have done another blog about the girl on the back row on the right, Mary Vesta Ford, who received an interesting rejection letter from Disney when she asked for a job. I
She lived in Searcy in a yard on Center Street that held a gorilla! The original blog can be reached by clicking the link below. Most important thing … (2 comments)
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searcy ar: THE WINNER!!! If we had a contest...Halloween fun. Dancing skeletons!
- 10/18/23 08:38 AM
Dancing.....better than scaring!!
But plenty of scary stuff in this yard also. Look at the size of the skeleton in the rear! If there was a contest he's be the winner. The house gets full attention from the owners each Halloween with every scary thing that you can imagine plus some fun! Skeletons are doing things like dancing (my favorite), walking the dog, roasting marshmallows, taking a selfie, and one that is "just thinking" in front of a pile of jack-o-lanterns, and there is even a witch who made a mistake and ran into a tree!
Giant skeletons. The one on the left … (3 comments)
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searcy ar: Remember newspapers? I do. I love them. Searcy AR had one. Picture!
- 10/02/23 11:27 AM
Searcy Daily Citizen 1929
Newspapers seem to be passing away. We can now go to the computer in order to read the newspaper. Many people don't have computer knowledge or own a computer. Prices for the newspaper has gone higher so lots of people have dropped their subscription. I plan to continue reading a newspaper each day if I can afford to do so. I love and respect newspapers and the folks who make it happen. I treasure the clipped photos of family members that I saved through the years.
Above is a 1929 photograph of a newspaper newsroom. Looks kinda messy, doesn't … (8 comments)
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searcy ar: Lovely building. Harding University. Is it still there?
- 10/01/23 12:47 PM
Built in 1953, Harding College Building, Searcy AR
Lovely, isn't it? I bought this card from ebay for 50 cents. The back says, "A modern, air-conditioned classroom building, completed in 1953. It contains business laboratories, lecture rooms, seminar rooms, small auditorium, and staff offices." A 1960 Harding Petit Jean has a picture of it and calls it the American Studies Building.
My question is "Is it still there on campus?" I am a Harding College graduate and the campus has grown so large that I have not been on it in quite a while. This was a beautiful building then and I hope … (3 comments)
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searcy ar: Please!! Don't tear it down. Built in 1855. 211 W. Woodruff. Searcy AR
- 09/26/23 08:22 AM
211 W. Woodruff, Searcy AR
It once was a light color and easier to picture and admire. It is now this dark color and harder to get a good view and picture. The court house says it was built in 1885 and Auction.com says that is scheduled for foreclosure on October 19, 2023. And I say, "Please, recognize it as a very historic house and deserves to be respected and kept."
Too many historic homes have been eliminated in Searcy AR and I hope this one will be bought and loved. It was a foreclosure before in 2013. I wrote a blog about … (2 comments)
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searcy ar: First National Bank through the years. Searcy AR. 1904 lovely!
- 09/14/23 12:46 PM
I was given this card with three different views of First National Bank in Searcy AR. The 1904 view is SO different. Correct me if I am wrong but I have been told that it was located at the corner of Arch and Spruce at that time and it burned. In this picture it looks as if it was very fancy and perhaps had the entrance on the corner. I'd like to see a very clear picture of it at that time.
In 1954, it seems much simpler and was in a different location. I believe it was then at the corner … (3 comments)
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searcy ar: Searcy AR old postcard. Quattlebaum building. Phone 364. Then and now.
- 09/08/23 12:45 PM
A mystery for Searcy Sleuths!
Ok, Sleuths. Go no further. Where was this building in Searcy AR. This postcard was on ebay and I bought it for a member of the (as you can read on the truck and the sign) Quattlebaum family. Searcy had a lot of Quattlebaums and this one was Connie Quattlebaum's building
OK? Ready to see the way it looks now? Next picture, please. It is still there and is a Beauty College. Then the picture that follows shows the back of the card and the name of the business. Car experts can probably tell the age by the … (3 comments)
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searcy ar: Real Estate Memories and Personal Accolades for Letain DeVore.
- 08/16/23 10:58 AM
Searcy Arkansas was fortunate to welcome a new family named DeVore to Searcy in 1974. Van DeVore came to work with SW Bell, his wife was Letain and their children were Janet and Roger. Letain had been selling Avon.
Did you know? Women real estate agents were almost non-existent back then. Letain, who has an excellent memory, remembers the 5 at the time. She named them. Dell Coyle, Helen Newman, Lorene Smith, Mervyl McInturff, and Thelma Mason. Today, women agents probably outnumber the men.
Helen Newman sold the DeVores their home!
Helen, a super agent, started working on Letain to join the few women … (1 comments)
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searcy ar: Something is missing! Large lot. No house. Market Searcy AR
- 08/07/23 10:40 AM
WOW! Look at that large empy lot!
What's wrong with it!! House missing! Searcy Sleuths, have you driven by and missed it....just as I did? So close the next picture and your eyes and think! Where is this lot?
OK? Give up?
I had to go to the court house files to find a picture of the missing house. The house was my kind of house.....one level....brick....and it had to have been built in the 50's or 60's because of that white wrought iron porch decor. It was at the corner of East Market and North Moss. SO....another one bit the dust. And … (3 comments)
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