remax advantage realtors: Coca-Cola 1888 advertisement. Miracle drink. Cures all things. WOW!
- 11/11/25 12:52 PM
1888 Advertisement for Coca-Cola!
Look at this interesting advertisement for Coca-Cola. My blog buddy, Don Thompson, from way back sent it to me after he read the blog I wrote about the Coca-Cola Mailbox holder. Read it if you'd like. Click this. https://activerain.com/droplet/JFgK Then go to google and search the history of Coke. The history says this Mr. Pemberton died in 1888 and sold all his interest in Coca-Cola and from then on it gradually became the national treasure as it is now.
This ad makes me remember my going to a tiny movie house and seeing western movies with the … (3 comments)
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remax advantage realtors: What is this!! Fruit from Tree of the Month. Osage Orange. Mayfair!
- 10/06/25 07:39 AM
Strange! Weighs almost 2 pounds! Don't be under the tree when it falls! The tree is shown below. The sign is calling it the Tree of Month in Searcy AR and is located right behind Mayfair Hotel which has just been sold to new owners. The third picture shows parts of my car parked amidst the dropped fruit and shows how big the fruit is and some that has been crushed by traffic. I picked up one and brought it home with me.
Here is what City of Searcy facebook entry says about the tree.
'"This month, the Searcy Tree Board is proud … (7 comments)
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remax advantage realtors: Lorene Smith, REALTOR at Searcy AR, passes. One of first lady agents.
- 10/01/25 11:37 AM
A long ago picture
All of the real estate agents in Searcy AR loved Lorene. She was one of the first lady REALTORS in this town. I began real estate in 1979 and she was already a successful agent in the business. She was among the first women to serve in the profession in Searcy AR and helped pave the way for other women to be in the profession.
In the above picture she worked for POWELL REALTY and is pictured with several other agents, including me! I neglected givng a date when I saved the picture but it was good while ago. … (2 comments)
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remax advantage realtors: Colorful cars. N Spring St, Searcy AR history. Around court square.
- 09/29/25 11:10 AM
Ok. I admit it.
I have a white vehicle.
My husband had a white truck.
Most of my friends and his friends have white vehicles. Seeing a bright yellow or baby blue or red vehicle will make you blink several times from surprise.
So, what happened to cars like these in this old picture above of our beloved North Spring St. in Searcy AR? And what happened to parking meters? Did double-color cars cost more? And notice the lack of pickup trucks above? The vehicles above are attractive, aren't they? I'd kinda like seeing them again.
Now, here's the way parking lots look today!
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remax advantage realtors: New Shop! Searcy AR! Ivory & Oak. Molly Hale & Amanda Taylor owners.
- 09/22/25 10:59 AM
Lovely new shop at 814 Holmes Rd, Searcy AR. Just head out Hwy 16 North and turn left on Holmes RD, just hehind Sonic, and there you are! Here's the yard sign.
Now I know you have a question. That's a strange name. Here's a closeup of the sign on the front of the building.
So I agree. That's a different name.....tell us about it. Molly answered me and I quote her.
Molly answered me and I quote her. "The meaning behind out sign, Ivory & Oak Design, is more than a name. It is a reflection of our vision and who we are. … (2 comments)
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remax advantage realtors: Over large mail. Big mail box full. Searcy AR. Gifts. Dreamcatcher??!!
- 09/15/25 08:37 AM
A gift (unexpected) for me!
A few days ago https://activerain.com/droplet/Jzv4 I wrote a blog about over-large mail stuffed in mailboxes, at least in mine. Click above to go to the blog and see a picture.
WELL.... Now the largest ever has come. I practically had to pry it out of the box and I wish I had taken a picture of its coming out of the box. Inside my house I put the objects on my table and above is the picture of the contents.
1. A 20" x 18" heavy plastic carrying bag (possiby good for grocery … (1 comments)
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remax advantage realtors: Favorite fun picture, Rodger Duncan, girls, Searcy AR, Good memory
- 08/31/25 07:58 AM
I love this picture! I married the boy years later and he passed away 3 years ago this weekend. All who knew him loved him and miss him. This blog is in his memory.
Here's the original one. https://activerain.com/droplet/7S5b
Look at the little boy standing there strutting his stuff. Never mind that his pants were too big, his shirt a bit small. His smile was large and genuine. One little girl is holding on to him. I think of words to describe him in this picture!
Join me. Over self confident, … (2 comments)
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remax advantage realtors: Searcy AR gifts at Historic Benjamin Clayton Black home. Phoenix Club
- 08/22/25 11:11 AM
This is lovely! As is everything in this Searcy Art Gallery Historic home located at 300 E. Race, Searcy AR.
Gifted by old Phoenix Club heirs is this china cabinet plus desk space.
And this chair that has this plaque on the back of it, shown below. The plaque says ARKANSAS SEARCY 1803 LA PURCHASE EXPOSITION 1903.
So what's the story? Back in 1896 a group of Searcy ladies decided that Searcy needed more culture, like a Cultural Club, and established one that later became the Phoenix Club. They also established the first library in Searcy and met in the building every month. It … (4 comments)
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remax advantage realtors: Oversized junk mail. Too much of it! Searcy AR history of mailboxes.
- 08/15/25 11:26 AM
Too much oversized worthless mail!
It will not easily fit in mailboxes. Mail carriers must not like carrying the oversized mail. Makes me think of the history of mailboxes. My older house and most of our Searcy Arkansas older subdivisions still have little hanging mailboxes beside the front door and the "mailman" still walks through the neighborhood and delivers the mail. Wonder how they like this big stuff?
That made me start thinking. Betcha you have paid no attention to mail boxes. Older subdivisions in Searcy like Cloverdale and Lambert Terrace all have the little front porch mailboxes. Later there were lots of … (4 comments)
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remax advantage realtors: Buttons! Talk about buttons. Pearl buttons. Arkansas's Button Boom!
- 08/11/25 12:55 PM
Buttons!!
In my blog career we have never talked about buttons. What can you say about buttons? I just read an interesting article about buttons. First Security Bank's weekly email had an article about buttons that I found interesting and had never heard of. Keisha Pittman McKinney wrote about "The Hidden Story of Arkansas's Pearl Button Boom."
In the early 1900's, Arkansas was at the center of a pearl rush and by the mid-century was producing lots of buttons. Soon, Arkansas had button factories that were active. The author gives great detail about the beginning and the progress.
So I thought about my button … (7 comments)
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remax advantage realtors: Drive by...Stop!! Is that another bite the dust! 307 Center. Searcy AR
- 08/09/25 08:21 AM
Looks bad, doesn't it?
I was driving by this old house and noticed the condition of it. Built in 1901, so says the Course House info about it. That means it is about 124 years old! What is going on? Is it another one getting prepared to "bite the dust"? So I hurry home and start my research about it. It sold a few months ago. It had been sitting there empty for years and going down.
I found that it was to be renovated!!!! Hooray to hear that!
So let's continue to drive by and watch its progress and hope for great … (5 comments)
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remax advantage realtors: Cattails. Good memories. Searcy AR. Surprise Mom. Overgrown ditches.
- 07/24/25 12:18 PM
Cattail Ditch
A few days ago I stopped at a store, opened my car door, stepped out and saw this grown up ditch with what in it!!! Cattails! You often see them while traveling down a road but don't stop. This time I was already stopped! They were very attractive and a few, very few, were reachable from the edge of the ditch.
And then the memories began. The ditches were always too messy for a mom to go in and pick but not for a kid to go in and pick some for mom! The pleasure of having your child hand you … (2 comments)
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remax advantage realtors: Spring St. Searcy AR. Haircut plus bath at same place. Large ad.
- 07/11/25 10:56 AM
Baths in Searcy AR??
Public Baths? Searcy AR? Surely Not!!
But look at this old, old postcard! See the sign on the side of a building on the left side? If you are confused about where you are it is Spring Street looking North. Imagine that on the left side, just before the first building, would be Mayfair Hotel! Reportedly, the vehicles are about 1920's. The street looks very wide and there are quite a few people. In small towns folks went downtown on Saturdays so maybe it is Saturday.
BUT BATHS??? Note the partial ad saying BARBER SHOP and BATHS!! Gotta research that! … (3 comments)
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remax advantage realtors: Norma Young again. Searcy AR. Chicken cooking queen. Won large prize.
- 06/23/25 12:03 PM
Here is our Norma Young again.
I discovered a National Chicken Cooking Contest Recipes book this week and it was written in 1971 for the 23rd annual contest winner's recipes. And there she was! Our Searcy Arkansas queen, Norma Young with her signature! We think she discovered and made famous Chicken Nuggets. Go to this earlier blog and read more about her and the recipe. And the recipe is easier to read. Click below.
https://activerain.com/droplet/Jpqm
WASN'T THAT FUN!
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remax advantage realtors: My mother. Was she fashionable? Check hair style. Rosie the Riveter.
- 06/12/25 07:40 AM
Rediscovered. Painting of my mother from 1966.
Well, yes. It was done by little me and it has resurfaced. It is still located in Georgia, where I grew up. It was painted in 1966 in Searcy AR with my signature. She was probably in her 20's at the time. She does look young and pretty here. What I have noticed this time and probably before about her hair covering. It looks a lot like this style. Seems as if ladies could use a hankie or scarf to hold back the hair and tie the wrap above the forehead.
Like this very famous poster. … (5 comments)
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remax advantage realtors: A Penny For Your Thoughts? Member of the Penny Generation? Soon.
- 05/30/25 04:52 AM
The Arkansas Democrat Gazette had an interesting article about the penny being discontinued in a short time. Seems it costs more to make them than they are worth, costing about 3 cents to make a penny.
SO....
I am declaring now that I have been a long-time part of the "penny generation." I fondly remember just a few things about growing up way back then. [Maybe not TOO fondly.)
1. For 10 of them I could buy a coke and peanuts to put in it. Did you ever put peanuts in your coke?
2. Add 15 more of them … (15 comments)
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remax advantage realtors: SURPRISE MAIL! Who sent it? 10 color Pee Wee football pics. Searcy AR
- 04/16/25 12:28 PM
I received a surprise package in the mail today!
It has no name on who sent me the package of 10 wonderful old photos of the beginning Pee Wee football players in Searcy AR from 1969 to 1972. This one is of the Duncan's Roadrunners. Look at the coaches in the back. Aren't they handsome!! The one on the right is of my husband Rodger Duncan and one on the left is Sidney Quattlebaum and they were instrumental in beginning the teams and the program.
Okay, next you are seeing a group of 9 pictures. Someone way back there saved them and knew … (1 comments)
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remax advantage realtors: The way things were. Good class. Typing. Searcy AR. 1950's.
- 03/03/25 11:31 AM
1950's typing class.
Who remembers this? Do they still have them?
I found this old picture inside a 1950 Searcy Arkansas yearbook. It was a free picture just inside the book with several other pictures, mostly football. So I assume that it was from the 1950 school year. Searcy Sleuths may even recognize some of the students. I definitely remember being in a classroom that looked like this and learning how to type. Now I think that it was one of the best classes to take and learn typing. Typing is still something I still do a lot of when using the computer. … (4 comments)
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remax advantage realtors: Ultimate fashion photo example! 1968 Searcy AR Wrought Iron Hippy
- 02/23/25 09:01 AM
The Ultimate 1968 Fashion Photo Example!
Hold it!!
I was not referring to the people in the photo even though being a hippy was popular back then. I was talking about the wrought iron porch pillar posts. Driving now through Searcy's first subdivisions with covenants, Lambert Terrace and Cloverdale, you can still see lots of wrought iron decor like these. Some has been replaced with wood but lots remain. If curious, click the link below for my view of what happened regarding carports and garages in our area. In 2007 I wrote a blog about the unofficial history of carports and … (3 comments)
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remax advantage realtors: Pinecone roses. Lasting gift. About 60 years old. Romantic. Lovely!
- 02/21/25 11:50 AM
Pine cone roses?
A long lasting gift.
So many, many years ago these rose-shaped cones were given to me. I sometimes think that if I were going through motherhood right now I'd end up in jail for giving my kids the freedom that I gave them when they were growing up. We lived on the edge of town near pastures, streams, woods, etc., and I let them roam around at will. They survived and had a great time. I might receive gifts that they found and brought home.
The picture above shows probably the best gift and the longest lasting. They were off a … (3 comments)
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1888 Advertisement for Coca-Cola!
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