realtor: Look at the curves on this house! East Market beauty Searcy Arkansas. - 02/18/11 12:32 PM
You've got your own route to your destination?  Right?  So have I.  I drive down East Market Street near Harding University everyday.  Each day I compare the lovely old houses on the North side vs. the apartments and changes on the South side.
I especially like this house.  The court house says it was built in 1945.

It has more curves than a fashion model!  Over the windows, over the doors, and even the roof line curves.  It appears to be a delightful mixture of brick, rock and stucco. 
But for the past few days as I drive by … (42 comments)

realtor: Searcy Arkansas is on the grow again! New subdivision on Country Club Road. - 02/15/11 12:50 PM
The land is being cleared on Country Club Road for a big new subdivision.  I admit that I don't have all the particulars yet but you can sure tell something is going on when you drive from West Beebe Capps up Country Club Road.  It has always been a pretty narrow and tight road with hills and now it is worse!
Big equipment and trucks and people are turning in and out to clear the land for Searcy's very newest subdivision.  It is right across the street from the property that still has horses in town and is blessed by rainbows.  … (7 comments)

realtor: Southern saying, "That is right up my alley!" Alleys in Searcy Arkansas - 02/14/11 01:05 PM
Some of the office characters who grew up in Searcy were reminiscing about the alleys in Searcy downtown and what stories they held.
The alleys are still there.  I can't help wondering what they were really designed for.  Walking?  Driving through?  Picking up garbage?  Drunken sleep-offs? (Oops!  I take that back.)  Making repairs on buildings?  Parking the mule team?
If you have ideas about the alleys, tell us.  Here are a couple of alleys of today.


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realtor: Another puzzle for Searcy Arkansas Sleuths. What are these girls doing? - 02/12/11 03:31 AM
Stumbling across this picture which shows action going on brought back a lot of old memories.
Seems that I remember this game but don't remember being any good at it.  I was always a scaredy-cat as the kids used to call each other when they were doing a "double-dog-dare" and you refused to do it.
Since I grew up in another state, I'm wondering if you Searcy Arkansas folks called it the same thing we did.  And how strange to actually find an old picture of these dressed up kids playing.

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realtor: Searcy High School group of stars from school play. Back in the 50's tonight. - 02/11/11 06:03 AM
This old newspaper article was found in a pile of saved things.  It dates back to the 50's and includes a few people who have remained in Searcy.  Because the writing underneath is hard to read, let me tell you who they were.
They were members of the Senior Class.  Front row, left to right, Ann Ward, Bill Green, Bobby Maddox and Margaret Smith.  Center row, Jack Young, Susan Jones, John Pruitt.  Back row, Sue Dean, Betty Lynn Sowell, Glenn Elliott, Glenda Love, Larry haile, Linda Chambliss, Lou Ann Morgan, Gayle Triplett, and Mira Van Patten.
Bet the play was a … (18 comments)

realtor: A child's photographic essay of a day on a farm. Searcy Arkansas pasture from the 70's. - 02/10/11 01:31 AM
This story was written by a very young child who was taking photography as a project in 4H and had to do a photographic story.  Unfortunately both of the barns shown here have burned due to lightning.  The photographs here have suffered a little from the scanning and definitely I needed to keep the lettering telling about the day.  If you'd like, you Searcy Sleuths can identify the people in the picture.  I'm the proud mom of the author of this fine photographic essay.









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realtor: Judsonia card from 1910 now on ebay. Train, wagons, strawberries and a car! - 02/06/11 01:26 PM
This card is for sale on ebay right now.  It is a great one for history and I hope Judsonia will buy it. 

It reads, "We saw a string of wagons like this picture.  Mr. Longin took a picture of them."
Then the card is labeled Judsonia Ark. Monday May 2 -10.  14 cars 7270 cases srawberries.
It looks as if this picture was taken along the railroad tract in what is now called Depot Town.  I did a blog a few weeks ago showing an old store in this area.  It must have been strawberry season and folks must … (32 comments)

realtor: Last rites are being held right here on this blog site. Deaths on Center Street, Searcy AR. - 02/04/11 01:12 PM
We might as well say our final good-byes to these two houses on East Center Street.  Here is what is left of them.  First is 411 East Center.

Second is 403 E Center.

403 East Center was born in 1915 and lived a peaceful existence until 2011.  Just days ago I saw people living there.  I had to take my final picture from county data because we had no warning of the quick death.  I really liked the chimney and the little eyebrows.  It sold back in 1991 through a real estate firm and two times since then.

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realtor: Does anyone think this is funny? What will Arkanasas do to catch up? - 02/02/11 01:13 PM
In the Arkansas Democrat Gazette this morning under the column title In the news was this short bit of news.
Pat Patterson, mayor of Oxford, Miss., said the state has approved limited liquor sales in the town on a few Sundays, specifically Mother's Day, Father's Day, the Sundays nearest University of Mississippi football games and, when they fall on Sundays, Valentine's Day and New Year's Eve.
You may have to reread it to find the humor.  I've been laughing all day.  Arkansas does NOT allow any liquor sales on Sunday.
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realtor: Anyone remember this old filling station on Main street Searcy Arkansas? - 01/31/11 01:09 PM
WR Glass has occupied this building in Searcy Arkansas for many years.  They have either moved or closed their business because this old building is now empty.
It has intrigued me for years.  Look at the columns.  Are those Art Deco?  Look at the tile.  There has to be a history here that our Searcy Sleuths can uncover.  This one was down the street from the Pershing Stationwhich we've blogged about.  Was it also a filling station?  Perhaps it was a store. 
Right now it is just a small forlorn building on a busy corner but we need to explore it … (38 comments)

realtor: Have you always wanted an old house with charm, wood floors, and a big yard with pecan trees? - 01/28/11 01:15 PM
If you drool when you drive by Victorian homes, look at this one.  It is a HUD foreclosure property in the little town of Bald Knob.  The courthouse says it was built in 1947 but I don't believe that.  An old-timer in Bald Knob says it dates back to the 20's, he thinks.  The storage building in the back yard, he says, was an old dairy barn. 

It has the charm of hardwood floors, tall windows, a bay room that would be excellent for piano playing space.  Definitely, it takes us back to another era.  Note the pecan tree!!  … (17 comments)

realtor: Whew.....it appears the Margaret Pope house, Searcy Arkansas, lives on. - 01/28/11 12:57 PM
The Margaret Pope house in Searcy Arkansas is on Market Street and we drive by it all the time.  It looked like this for a long time.

One day I drove by and did a double-take as I saw big construction happening.....or deconstruction possibly.

The work went on and on and on.  Stucco came off the front.  The house got leveled.  And I kept worrying because I thought I'd drive by and the house would be smashed.  Now, however, it looks like this.

And curtains have gone up.  People have vehicles parked in the yard.  I believe it … (13 comments)

realtor: Thank you, Penny Choate, for restoring a grand old house on Race Street, Searcy AR - 01/22/11 03:52 AM
One could tell something was going on!  Look at the men in those buckets cutting those giant trees.

Sure nuff!  Word was out that the old Tom Watkins house located at the corner of North Oak and East Race in Searcy Arkansas, built in the early 20's, had been bought and was to be restored by Attorney Penny Choate of the Choate Law Firm.
Everyone cheered!  We were all afraid that the house would be hit by the wrecker's ball.  As soon as Attorney Choate had the trees cleared, she got the painters out and started working on the outside.  … (10 comments)

realtor: Corner of McRae and Sowell Streets Searcy AR - 01/19/11 12:40 PM
These kids were playing in the yard in the 40's.  The private street that you are seeing led to the corner of Sowell and McRae, in Searcy Arkansas, a square corner.  In the distance you can see a house that is still there and lived in.  It was a rock house with a huge barn, outbuildings, a garden and everything you'd need to be country. 

Time goes on.  The barn is gone.  But today the rock house is still there. There is a newer brick house beside it.  The brick house is a 50's ranch house.

Here's a closer view of the rock … (13 comments)

realtor: What was this building earlier? Searcy Sleuths, help me please. - 01/16/11 03:27 AM
Just for fun I'm asking what this building usta' be?  It is, yes, on Race Street, and you can see the name of the business in there now.  But what is the building's history?

If you have a picture of it in its earlier years, we'd love to have it on this blog.  Surely, someone out there might have an old photo.  Dig in your old files and let us have a copy.  If you are not a member of activerain you can't upload a picture but you can send it to me and I'll upload it.
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realtor: We haven't had so much fun with snow since 1972? Old Sowell Street picture. - 01/13/11 08:21 AM
We have just had snow in Searcy Arkansas.  Snow in Searcy means no schools, kids are free to go build snowmen, slide down hills, romp with the pups, throw snowballs and then come in dripping snow and ice and make a big mess in the house.  Then they get dried off, warmed up and they are out the door again.  It's pretty tiring to a mom.  I remember.  I also remember living at the end of this road and this hill and remember when the road would be frozen and kids would come sledding into the driveway.
That little house at … (16 comments)

realtor: 40's style. Did kids have a fashion sense then? Mystery for Searcy Sleuths. - 01/10/11 11:27 AM
The Searcy Sleuths love a challenge.  Therefore I'm giving them another one with these two pictures of a charming group of kids.
The boy has evidently found his own style.  One pant's leg is rolled higher than the other.  Speaking to the kid reveals that it was not a style.  So do you know why this was done?  My thinking is that cowboy boots were the style.  Every kid would have wanted a pair.  This little girl wore hers with lots of flair.  I don't know about you but personally I like that cap thrown way back rather than the way … (16 comments)

realtor: Winning girl's softball team 1973 in Searcy Arkansas. - 01/09/11 10:18 AM

Girl's sports finally got back to Searcy Arkansas.  Having been devoid of anything for girls to do for several years, Mayor Leslie Carmichael appointed a Parks and Recreation Committee to employ a director and supervise the program.  This was on Dec 7, 1971.  Appointed to the committee were James Ahlf, Luther Hardin, Richard Hall, Mrs. Rodger Duncan (ladies still hadn't gained their own identity at that time) and Mrs. Jack Gardner. 
The hired director was supposed to form a girl's softball program as his very first act and he did.  The girl's loved it.  They flocked to the program and the … (12 comments)

realtor: In memory of Mom & Pop grocery stores everywhere. Where was this one? Judsonia AR - 01/05/11 12:45 PM
Blogging makes you sit up and take notice.  And if you have a camera you may sit up, take notice and snap a picture.
 As I did today.

My White County Sleuths haven't had a puzzle in a few weeks so let's see if they can tell me where this is.  It has been around for a long time, no doubt about that.  I've always thought this was a charming little old grocery store.  When it closed down, I don't know, but the building and the signs are still there.
So, Searcy Sleuths, can you locate this one? 
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realtor: Junior Auxiliary members used to wear uniforms in Searcy Arkansas. - 01/02/11 12:14 PM
Remember when it was a big deal to get your picture in the paper?  Now with facebook you can have your picture all over the world in seconds and not just in the local newspaper.
Here's one that I stumbled across and want to share.  We have a service organization called Searcy Junior Auxiliary.  I was once a member and am still a life member.  Life members have no duties but active members have to do a minimum number of hours for public service.  Searcy Junior Auxiliary began the Sunshine School, which is a school for exceptional children.
In the photo you can … (8 comments)

 
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