If you were a fashionable person in 1968 you wore a beehive hairdo. They just suddenly, it seemed, evolved. Looking at old movies and magazines, you didn't see anything like these hairstyles. I admit that I thought it was the best looking hairdo and I wanted the look for myself. Alas, the m
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05/31/2015
Memories!How they come flowing back from time to time! And the name Lightle Dobbins & Lightle has always been an important one in Searcy AR. When I decided to obtain training regarding real estate (not to be an agent but just to learn) I was contacted by the broker at the firm to consider signi
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05/30/2015
Well, folks, how'd you like to visit this lovely area? Looks as if you'd be going way up North, doesn't it?But this is Searcy AR and the buildings are new and more are being built by Harding University. Driving East on Pleasure Street or Park Street will lead you right into these buildings with
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05/25/2015
He sought adventure.Flying jets was his dream that came true.This was William Ward Smith from Searcy AR posing beside the plane that he loved. He was the father of Valerie Dawn Smith Canepa, now a permanent resident of Searcy, and Michael Paul Smith. She inherited his courageous and adventurou
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05/24/2015
New cars!Who does not love one?This old picture is labeled on the back and that's the reason I know what year and model it was. The people in the picture are never forgotten. This photo was probably made for a Searcy AR High School yearbook. Car dealers were always called on to do a nice ad fo
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05/15/2015
So what was this advertising? This advertisement was in the 1970 Searcy High School yearbook. Typical at the time was putting no address, no phone number or other information because everyone knew everyone else and everyone knew what and where everything was.But memory fades and even though
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05/11/2015
We have had folks ask when it went away. When did they tear down Rodgers Hospital which was located on W Woodruff Street in Searcy AR?This picture was in a 1970 yearbook so it was still around at that time. Searcy loved Dr. Porter Rodgers. Even I, having to visit one snowy winter and having a
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05/10/2015
The year was 1995.The ad was for a little flyer that I believe came through the mail.It was such a delight that I saved it and while rummaging through old memories I came across it again. This agent is still in real estate and does a lot of auctions now. He is the agent who brought the RE/MAX f
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05/06/2015
Fashions come and fashions go and then they come again. Look at this choral group taken from the 1930 Gallowegian, a yearbook for Galloway girl's college in Searcy Arkansas. The dress skirts are up and down and reminds me of the droopy tops and bottoms that are today's fashion. Hair styles are
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05/03/2015
