real estate: Car dealers, Searcy AR. Which one did you buy a car from?
- 06/01/14 11:27 AM
Going through a lot of saved clippings, saved by my now deceased mother-in-law Wyndelene Duncan, I found this interesting one.
It shows probably every car dealer in Searcy AR in possibly the 60's. She failed to put the date on this one other than that someone died on March 16. It may have been Mrs. Gill. Look through the list of attendees and see how many you remember. Dealerships were family owned back then and this one represents a lot of families.
It's a great memory! Did you buy a car from one of them?
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real estate: Searcy Bank, Searcy AR. A look back to cat-eye glasses and huge hair!
- 04/19/14 05:22 AM
Here's another look at Searcy AR in 1967, taken from an old year book. 200 W. Race is the address of present-day Regions Bank.
Look at the huge hair on the young women. The lady in the background seems to have stuck with the older style hairdo.
And cat-eye glasses! I remember them but I can't remember the glasses making anyone look prettier.
And, what's that thing on the right bottom? I suppose it's a raised ash-tray?
Perhaps someone in the Sleuth Club can actually identify these folks.
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real estate: What has happened to Root Beer? Does anyone still drink it in Searcy AR?
- 04/14/14 10:19 PM
Here's a picture of A & W Root Beer which used to be located on East Race Street.
It was located where the big building that says "Lunch Box" is located now.
Somewhere underneath all that construction lurks the delightful little old food and drink place shown in this photograph found in a 1967 yearbook.
So tell me what happened to the Root Beer place? Was it a chain? Does anyone drink Root Beer anymore?
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real estate: Jacksonport AR, historic county courthouse, 1872 - 1892, Newport AR
- 02/24/14 09:02 AM
Real estate can be trying. Real estate can be fun. But real estate is never boring! Daughter Valerie Canepa and I had to go to Jacksonport Arkansas to check on a property. I had never heard of Jacksonport and neither had she. We found it just on the other side of Newport Arkansas. (Jacksonport served as an important steamboat stop and trading center at the confluence of the White River and Black River, until being bypassed by the Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad shortly after becoming county seat, according to Wikipedia.)
Today, it is a city of about 212 folks and … (14 comments)
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real estate: A great picture of the "hippy" days. Anticipating heading to California to join Jan and Dean and the Beach Boys.
- 01/23/14 12:00 AM
Somewhere back in the 70's or early 80's this kid was in love with Jan and Dean and the Beach Boys. That van looks just like Woodstock, doesn't it? The hair is like the Beatles!
The car was bought for gas efficiency even though gas was cheap.....cheap.....compared to now!
The picture was taken in Searcy AR at the corner of Sowell and McRae Streets.
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real estate: Cotton trucks. A real scene from the past.
- 01/22/14 10:11 AM
Roger Dobbins contributed this picture of trucks hauling cotton to market.
I remember picking cotton. Trust me that it would have taken a lot of people to pick this much cotton!
Perhaps someone who knows about the harvesting of cotton can tell us more about the age of these trucks and where they may be headed.
Has the cotton been sold already? It almost looks like a parade of cotton trucks.
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real estate: Letona AR near Searcy Arkansas a long time ago. Three pictures of Letona.
- 12/04/13 08:54 PM
What a picture!
I have been having to drive to Letona weekly to check out a bargain foreclosure property there. Seeing this picture made me realize the changes that we have all been through. I think this view would be one that I pass by each time with the road leading to Sidon. With all that dirt, it would take a while to get there!
The old hotel is still there in Letona. it sold a few months back. Here is a picture.
Now that is a modern-day picture. Let's see it earlier when the railroad ran through town.
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real estate: Probably unchanged old home in Searcy AR. Sleuths, can you find it?
- 09/15/13 03:18 AM
Several of the Searcy Sleuths no longer live in Searcy but are proud of the town where they grew up.
I'm thinking that this house dates back to their youth in Searcy and has probably had no changes since that time. It has been on this big pretty lot since I have been in Searcy. I once wrote a blog about the bigger the tree, the older the house. Go review it if you'd like. The tree was at the old home of Wilbur Mills in Kensett.
Now look at the size of the tree in this front yard!
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real estate: It must have been a custom built house.....back in 1964. Why else would it have pink?
- 08/01/13 11:35 AM
In all my 30 plus years in real estate I have not seen a wall oven like this.
I tried to figure out how to open it. You grab hold handles with both hands and Presto! It opens.
Did I mention that it is pink? I can't imagine a spec house having a pink oven or a pink stovetop. So my thinking is that this was a custom built house in 1964 and it still has the original appliances. I'd be willing to bet that those cabinets are knotty pine painted over! And the white does match the pink … (18 comments)
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real estate: Good cartoon from 1976 advertising Newman Real Estate at the corner of Race and Main Searcy AR. Fred Stewart, artist.
- 07/20/13 10:47 PM
Looking through an old stack of newspapers is always interesting if you are in the real estate business and you are an old art instructor.
Look what I found! This cartoon was signed by Fred Stewart '76. Since the item had been clipped there was no other way to date it but the artist had done it! We have featured this building before on this blog. Check this old blog.
The Newman team redid this little building that had been a filling station (I think) and turned it into a real estate office and considered it as being on … (1 comments)
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real estate: Luxurious living for some pet in Searcy Arkansas. Pet step and separate entrance.
- 03/27/13 11:55 PM
Viewed at a big and luxurious house that is for sale.
Entrance steps for a pet. It can't be a Great Dane, which we also saw as we toured new listings in Searcy AR, because the entrance appears too little.
We were impressed by the corner steps which were wrap around and led to the entrance of a separate room inside that was designed for the pet's comfort. That appears to be a light above the entrance.
Impressed? Yes, we were. It displayed how important pets are to the American family of today. I'm wondering if it is for a … (10 comments)
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real estate: White County Packing Company, Searcy AR. An old picture when it was for sale.
- 03/20/13 11:42 AM
I had a few free minutes and looked back at some old advertisements.
I have been in the real estate business for over 30 years! Geesh! The old ads that we used to run are now possibly becoming precious.
Look at this one. Who would have thought we'd ever find it interesting to look at this old building again.
Sleuths! A question to test your memory.....
Where was it? And you may need to explain to the new generation what a packing house was.
They called it a high traffic area then. What would they call it now?
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real estate: Beebe AR close-up pictures of long ago. James Whitlow enlarged pictures.
- 02/05/13 04:23 AM
We put Beebe Arkansas on this blog a few days ago and this particular photo was placed on the blog.
Our blog friend James Whitlow has the same card and he enlarged some areas. See them below.
And he included a look at the street more like now, modern Beebe Arkansas!
Here are other Beebe AR blogs if you are interested.
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real estate: Beebe AR, White County, old pictures reviewed. Historic Beebe.
- 02/03/13 09:57 AM
Beebe Arkansas is getting a Wal-Mart supercenter. It is under construction right now.
So perhaps we need to review Beebe. This picture was just on ebay and sold for $43.56 and I hope someone from Beebe bought it and will treasure it. It is over 100 years old.
Here's another one from old Beebe. But now we have motor vehicles.
And another one.
This one shows a thriving corner with a filling station.
Beebe Arkansas is a thriving small town in White County. If you have not been to the historic downtown of Beebe lately, … (8 comments)
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real estate: Sleuths needed. Was this Searcy in 1911 and where was it in Searcy AR?
- 01/27/13 06:15 AM
Facebook creates friends.
I found a new one with Vac Veterans who posts often on facebook. He has a lot of old picture of Pangburn.
He posted this photo and said it only has Searcy 1911 written on it. In fact, we can see that in the upper left corner.
So I'm curious too. Do any of these buildings look familiar to any of you sleuths?
Here's the picture.
It is a nice, clear picture so study it and see if we have any answers.
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real estate: Yarnell Ice Cream Co old billfold. What approximate date was it, Sleuths?
- 01/21/13 11:28 PM
I have too much stuff? Not expensive stuff but just stuff that the family has stuck back over the years.
One of these things is this billfold given away by Yarnell Ice Cream. It has a neat picture on the front and it has the info saying that it has a secret compartment for hiding really good stuff. I didn't unfold that secret compartment so I may be missing something.
The picture on the front looks good and is encased with plastic. I'd like to know what the approximate date of this billfold was. It was actually a nice giveaway at … (8 comments)
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real estate: Bragging about an ex-student, now a competitor.....and his listing of historic hotel in Letona Arkansas.
- 12/14/12 05:13 AM
When I taught Art at Searcy High I had several students who have now wound up as competitors of mine in this real estate business.
One of my favorites was David Lorton. He actually got himself an art degree and then switched to business, worked all over the country with Wal-Mart and other businesses and has now become a very good real estate agent.
His newest listing belongs on this blog. He has listed the old hotel at Letona! And he put the old picture of it in with his current pictures! NOW, that is an artist for you! He appreciates … (12 comments)
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real estate: 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)
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real estate: 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)
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real estate: 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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