I, too, would love to know what happened to that old tree.  And WHEN it happened....and what are the circumstances of it's "demise"...

I have so many memories of playing under that old tree:  the roots made great places to play cars with....it would be our base for games like "hide and go seek".....I have pictures of family members sleeping in a cot under it's shade, others sitting around in those lawn chairs made with canvas and wood...

And, those three trees in front were NOT planted by my family.  When I lived there, no trees but the one big one on the east side of the house.

Another wonderful memory:  In summer  I would sit under that tree, waiting for my boyfriend (but he didn't know it) to pass by on his bicycle, headed  down the street to play baseball on a vacant lot (where the original Snowden house was built)....That boyfriend was Bobby Scott Fuller, and he is now - and has been for 49 years - my husband.    After he passed by, I would go on back in the house.

Anita Fuller

I LOVE that house (the second one), have always LOVED it, and would LOVE to have it now.  The first house I do not remember...being a youngster, it was before my time.  SO, the memories I have are of the second house.  Corrine (Anita's mother) once told Anita that I wouldn't like it if I had it, so she may have known things about it that we didn't.  In the summer, she used to have pink and white petunias growing in profusion along that wall by the carport.  AND those trees in the front yard were not there.  In those days virtually none of my friends had usable fireplaces in their homes.  I remember one very snowy day, probably in January of 1960, that Bob, Anita, my sister and I spent the day in front of that very warm fire in the fireplace...it was like being in a movie.  I always thought the location of that house was probably the best in Searcy.  At that time, Arch Street was considered to be THE fasionable street in Searcy, and the Hart house was smack in the middle of it.  One of the best things about it then was that it was across the street from two of my best friends in the world, Marcia Bagarella and Joe Woodson.  One final thought, I detest the blue color it is now....to me it was much better white.

Yes, Don, that is Marvin Lee Sowell - who lived just down the street (other side) with his grandmother Mable Sowell, and his mother and little sister....because their father/husband was killed in the war. (WWII)....Marvin is one of your ham radio buddies in high school.    The duplex in the background was where we lived when Mother was renovating our house big time. so much so that we couldn't live in it.

Anita Fuller

Barbara:  look where the big tree is:  to the left of the picture.  The big tree, which is no longer there, as you have noted,  was on the right of my house.....that background house was a duplex next door.  Bob and Artie Lawson always lived in the side next to my house, the other side of the duplex was rented to various people who didn't stay long.  We lived in the "other   side" while my house was undergoing major renovation.   Another family I remember living there:  the Allan Foster family.  Their son was older than I was: Lou Foster.  Allan owned Acme Cleaners and according to my '57 phone book, Lou is now joining his father in the business:  Acme Cleaners   ll8 W. Arch,  phone l8l.

Anita Fuller

Active Rainers:  are you asleep yet?

Being as that I live at 1009 West Arch, I look at this blue house everyday.  I never would have guessed that it was the same house as the one in the old picture!  Now, there are at least six Bradford Pair trees across the front of the property and they were planted by Norm Cole.  I hate those trees!  They were trimmed up about a year ago, but they still obscure the view of the house.  (My husband and I have joked about sneaking over there in the night with a chainsaw!) 

Anita, the most recent "updates" included putting in walls and moving doorways.  This created a hallway that leads from the carport all the way to the front living room.  So what was your bedroom is now accessed through a door that comes off of that hallway which obviously makes the bedroom much smaller.  (It's still a nice size room, by modern standards, and I love that it has a small closet on either side of the double windows.)  The room added on the back does still have paneling and it's carpeted.  The hardwood floors in the rest of the house where recently refinished and they're beautiful. 

Yes, Anita, Marvin Sowell was a ham, W5WUH.  Jimmy Sims was W5YHU and I was W5YHV. 

Where was Marvin living when he lived near you? I only remember him living on East Market Street, behind the Christian Church and across from Angel Motor Company. 

The second picture of your house (with your car out front) is the way I remember it, without the big front porch. Seems that was the thing to do in the 40's, we got rid of our front porch, also. It went all the way across the front of the house. 

I remember the Fosters, was it Allan or Lou that had the wonderful nickname, "Mutt"?

Marvin Lee lived with his Aunt Mabel Sowell, along with his mother Elizabeth, while his dad was in the "war", subsequently killed.   Their house would have been about where Susie Wassons was, when we were in high school.  Next door to the Arthur Woodson house.

Yes, Allan Foster was called "mutt"....don't ask me why.  Do you remember Lou Foster?

Anita fuller