benson robbins: Remember the Dictionary House? Named that because the Word's lived there? Let's relook.
- 11/08/12 09:05 AM
I wrote a blog that was actually supposed to feature the V. W. Duncan car lot in Searcy AR when it was first beginning and there was ole Po Dunk, as he called himself and as others called him, strolling across the car lot with a cigar in his mouth and a cocked hat on his head looking just like a car dealer who'd just made a deal! Refer back to this blog right now by clicking here. The comments started coming in about the house in the background. Comments said they remembered it as the Dictionary House because the Words … (21 comments)
benson robbins: Black Cat Found!! Our blog has had a response and we know more about Word's Grocery and Bakery in Searcy AR.
- 11/06/12 12:24 AM
Below is the blog that I put up just a few days ago. No one seemed to know the meaning of the black cat. But a call from Benson Robbins, Searcy scion, gave me the information we lacked. His grandfather was a partner with Mr. Word and they owned the store. It was the grandfather on his mother's side....Benson. They used the black cat as a logo because of the fact that "a black cat always returns" just as they wanted their customers to do. He has the black cat that sat at the store. Here he still lives. Benson said … (10 comments)
benson robbins: Searcy AR paper drive. Kids happy with lots of magazines behind them.
- 11/04/12 12:29 AM
Here is another picture loaned to Searcy's history by Benson and Betty Robbins. It was in a frame and I scanned through the glass so that explains the strange lighting in places. Look at all those papers and magazines! Look. Collier's. Life and others. Was it the beginning of recycling? Benson, second from right, says they had gathered up all these items for a paper drive. He told me the other's names but let's see if you know who they were.
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benson robbins: Yesterday lovely ladies. Today handsome guys! All from Searcy AR and all military men.
- 11/01/12 09:54 AM
We just finished a blog with women.....unknown women.....and we regretted not knowing them. Today! Today we have a special picture of Searcy guys! They are all from Searcy and they were all in the military at the time. The guys are so handsome and they look so good in those uniforms. I think I'll let the Sleuths see if they can name them. Then I will tell you the names if you can't remember them. Here goes!
Now don't you agree that they are SO good looking! … (6 comments)
It has been renovated and in the middle of the block is the entrance to the Grand Hall. The hall really does appear "grand" too with the old tin ceilings showing and the wall has an artistic view of an old brick wall.
And on May 13, 2010 it was the location for a grand party honoring two of Searcy's most beloved and knowledgeable citizens, Benson Robbins (yes, his relatives were previously owners of the building) and Marty Hawkins. Here they … (11 comments)
I wrote a blog that was actually supposed to feature the V. W. Duncan car lot in Searcy AR when it was first beginning and there was ole Po Dunk, as he called himself and as others called him, strolling across the car lot with a cigar in his mouth and a cocked hat on his head looking just like a car dealer who'd just made a deal! Refer back to this blog right now by clicking here.
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