searcy ar: Over 50 years ago. Searcy AR courthouse. Parking meters. Statue.
- 10/05/24 04:57 AM
Searcy Arkansas Courthouse Painting
Notice the date of this painting that I did about 54 years ago! It has just resurfaced and I had not seen it through all those years. It is mainly of the statue on the court square that was done in memory of the Confederate Soldiers of White County AR that served in the war between 1861 and 1865.
I must have been trying abstract painting. The composition is good but the detail is definitely abstracted. Most interesting is possibly the parking meters that were there! Remember parking meters? I wonder what year they went away.
Here's the signature. … (5 comments)
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searcy ar: Welcome to the new Searcy library!! Greeting you at front. Readers!
- 09/19/24 11:59 AM
Readers and Greeters
This young couple will be waiting to greet you as you go into the main door of our new library! They may be distracted, however, by this fascinating book that they are sharing. The brand new Larry and Janett Crain library opened September 18, 2024 and a large crowd attended. It is a magnificent building with something for everyone inside. You will need to stop at the front desk and pick up a map that shows all the locations.
This young couple was donated by Shirley Moon. Thank you, Shirley Moon!
Here's a picture of the beginning. This picture that … (5 comments)
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searcy ar: Another memory. Quattlebuck. Sweet Ivan's Stop and Swap. Bail Bonds.
- 09/18/24 11:43 AM
Historic Quattlebuck.
Who remembers Col. Ivan Quattlebaum from Searcy AR. Better question, who does NOT remember Col. Ivan? He was a very friendly and colorful character in town. The small print on this ONE QUATTLEBUCK says, "This note legal tender for free love and advice." Sweet Ivan's Stop and Swap. Ivan was a bail bondsman and an auctioneer and possibly a musician if the guitar means music. Definitely music was popular in the family and Quattlebaum Music Store was a lovely store on the corner of Arch and Spring Streets downtown. He was creative also as you can see by this bill! … (6 comments)
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searcy ar: EGGS'travaganza! Remember? 1998. Liz Howell organized. Fine artists!
- 09/16/24 11:49 AM
Painted eggs from May 1998 EGGS'travaganza
Way back in 1998 many citizens and I attended a corporate fund-raising event at Harding representing the White County Medical Center. Way back then lots of folks around Searcy were raising ostriches and other different birds or animals. Ostrich eggs were plentiful. Local artists were asked to contribute a hand painted egg for auctioning off. Liz Howell, now a highly successfuly REALTOR with her own real estate office, planned and held the auction. Eggs were displayed on tables and a silent auction was held!
I bought two. One by Lee Freppon and one by Phyllis Alexander. (see … (5 comments)
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searcy ar: Winners! White County Fair. Portrait of Cleo. Barbara & Valerie Smith
- 09/14/24 07:43 AM
Portrait of Cleo 1966
This has been White County Fair Week in Arkansas. Memories return. Here is a strange one. Yearly, there was an art contest along with pickles and sewing and all kinds of other things. I entered this painting of a lady named Cleo. She actually sat and posed for me. It won first place at the fair and I have had it since. I'd like to know where she is and perhaps she'd like this picture for her family.
Children's art winner.
My daughter, Valerie Smith, attended McRae Elementary back in the 60's. She painted and entered this one. She won!! … (6 comments)
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searcy ar: Houses change! 1310 W. Arch. Searcy AR New look. Built in 1925. Historic.
- 08/31/24 07:54 AM
The picture above shows an old view of a house that still occupies 1310 W. Arch in Searcy AR. Take time to hustle to https://activerain.com/droplet/5Dbk and read an old blog that I did in 2013. Also read the many comments about it and check the pictures. Wonderful Searcy history.
Now go forward and check this old blog from May 4 2024. https://activerain.com/droplet/J5mg More interesting pictures and some repeats. But it had just sold. I went by and snapped a picture.
And … (9 comments)
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searcy ar: Searcy AR artist! Becoming famous! Rick VanHook. His latest painting!
- 08/14/24 05:17 AM
I had the privilege of visiting Rick VanHook in his art studio! He told me this picture is his latest finished artwork and the detail is amazing. I love it!
WOW!
This second picture shows part of the studio. I found the studio stunning and so full of creativity! I immedately thought of a famous artist, Jackson Pollock, whose studio looked a lot like this one. (Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Pollock and check out Pollock.) I have said many times that VanHook my be on his way to becoming famous!!
His studio has so many items in it that I don't understand and I have an art … (6 comments)
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searcy ar: Long Time, No See! Yarnell's ice cream trailer, open, free ice cream.
- 08/11/24 06:15 AM
Long time, no see!
Celebrating the 150th birthday of the beautiful Historic Benjamin Clayton Black House at 300 E. Race, Searcy AR, look who was present. Since 1932 Yarnell's Ice Cream has been a big part of Searcy. And there was a Yarnell's truck pulling a Yarnell's Ice Cream trailer....giving away ice cream.....asking whether you wanted vanilla or chocolate!
It was called an Ice Cream Social with old timey games and all kinds of fun activities. In the picture below you can see part of the tables outside and even a Yarnell's rug on the steps! It was definitely a fun afternoon with … (2 comments)
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searcy ar: Schroeders Catfish Paradise? Anyone remember? Garner AR. Near Searcy
- 08/08/24 01:36 PM
Traveling the back roads
I admit. I like the old roads when I can take them. Avoiding the heavy traffic and the crazy speeders on the main roads is relaxing. I have traveled through the tiny town of Garner several times lately and always notice this big building that was once a catfish paradise restaurant.
Seems as if I did go there in the past but how far back was it? Searcy Sleuths surely can fill in the blanks in my memory because we have a hard time forgetting great catfish places! (Remember the one just past Bald Knob when heading for Augusta?) … (3 comments)
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searcy ar: Me, my motorcycle jacket, Jennie & pre-Civil War Home. Searcy AR
- 08/07/24 12:33 PM
Good Times!
I dragged out my motorcycle jacket. ( I only wear it for special occasions and this was a very special occasion). My far-reaching blog had reached this lady from several states away. She is the daughter of Judy Deener who grew up in Searcy AR and the grandchild of Richard Deener from Searcy. Remember them? They lived here a long time ago with Judy graduating in about 1954!
Jennie, shown above, had such favorable memories of her visits to Searcy as a child that she longed to return for a visit and contacted me through the blog. She has no relatives … (4 comments)
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searcy ar: Betty Robbins, Searcy AR, Chicken Cookin' Queen, Still perfect cook!
- 07/21/24 08:03 AM
How long since you have seen one of these?
Pineapple upside down cake!! Isn't it beautiful! And one of our Searcy AR Chicken Cookin' Queens from 1972 make it yesterday, July 20 2024, and brought it to me! The mystery is whether they are still as popular as they were so many years ago! I was absolutely amazed at the beauty!!
Here's the queen back in 1972.
And here's the blog that I did just a few days ago with her as a finalist.
https://activerain.com/droplet/J9st
She still reigns supremely! Thank you, Queen Betty!!
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searcy ar: Chicken Cookin' Queens! Searcy AR. No names but winners. Betty Robbins
- 07/15/24 12:19 PM
Ladies from Searcy AR
Way back in the 1970s Searcy had a lot of Chicken Cooking Queens. I loved seeing their newspaper clippings and as I have complained about before, we were lovely ladies but had no names. We were called by our husband's names in the clippings.
In the one above, 1973, notice Mrs. Benson Robbins (Betty) who was a finalist. This blog has come to my attention because she just gave me a gift. She became the winner in 1978 and she just gave me a little copy of her recipe. Here it is!
Wonder if she still makes the dish!
Congratulations, Betty, … (6 comments)
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searcy ar: Failure. Girl's football. Searcy AR 1973. Harry Miller. Ouida Fincher
- 07/02/24 07:35 AM
Girl's Football Searcy AR
Here's an old Searcy Citizen photo from 1973 that I saved and recently came across. Why did I save it? Someone very close to me is in it and mama's always clipped pictures.
But pictures get lost or mixed up so I just now discovered that I had done a blog about this a few years ago. A good blog! It even told about the program from the person who started the program, Harry Miller. So click https://activerain.com/droplet/5pJn
and read all about it! If you have more to add … (2 comments)
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searcy ar: Kensett AR. Tiny Town. Big Gin. Searcy AR neighbor. Historic building.
- 06/30/24 10:36 AM
Historic building Kensett AR
Kensett AR is a very close neighbor to Searcy AR.....almost like a subdivision in the town of Searcy. But is is so peacful there with little traffic and some very historic places to see. The pictures above show one.
Every time I go to Kensett, I admire this building and wonder about its history. This time I took a picture and one is a close-up of the name and there is a mural on one side of it. So what is that picture of? Looks like cactus to me and I had thought this was possibly a cotton gin? … (4 comments)
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searcy ar: Monitors Club? Searcy High. What was that? About 1955 -1961. Tell us.
- 06/20/24 07:33 AM
What was a Monitors Club?
I like looking through old yearbooks from Searcy AR and have a fairly nice collection of them . During the mid 50s and early 60s they included a Monitors Club with members and officers. Notice they had a treasurer along with the other normal officers. Did they have dues?
I called a few members that were in school at that time and asked them, "What was a Monitors Club?" Silence.....and then a response of "I don't know." They would think and think and perhaps remember something about hall-monitors. What's a hall monitor?
A little more searching seems to … (7 comments)
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searcy ar: Remembering. Raymond Lee Muncy. 1976. Searcy history book.
- 06/02/24 07:47 AM
A Frontier Town Grows Up With America
Yes, I know. It's a rather ragged book but it IS almost 50 years old. It was written in 1976 by Dr. Raymond Muncy and has received lots of wear and tear from being read and loved the whole time. I was reminded of this while going through a stack of old White County Record newspapers from that time. Here is what I found on the front page.
I did go to his first book signing and bought three books. I got one for myself and two more for my kids. Hundreds of folks turned out … (5 comments)
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searcy ar: Searcy! A new look! First Security Bank building. Downtown.
- 05/23/24 06:12 AM
Searcy AR?
This does not look like Searcy AR! Looks like a big city! Definitely Searcy AR is changing. I went to a meeting in this brand new First Security Bank building and was very impressed. We were told to enter the double doors on the west side of the building. We had to check in and then check out. (The building is so big and elegant that they may have thought we'd get lost in it.....and you could!) Once upstairs, I took a picture looking toward our old historic courthouse. Over the years it has seemed to soar above everything. Now? … (5 comments)
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searcy ar: A little history about a house "just sold." 1310 W Arch. Searcy AR
- 05/04/24 06:57 AM
I borrowed this picture which was on MLS saying that it has just sold. I did a blog about this house several years ago regarding its history and its changes. Look at these older pictures.
All right, the house today is at the corner of Arch and Olive and that is not a sidewalk in front but the street. It was occupied by Tetie and Dick Hart (Dick Hart was at one time Chief of Police in Searcy) and Bridgit Hart says, "In the 50's Tetie Hart remodeled the house and lowered the front porch. There is a well under the back … (5 comments)
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searcy ar: SAVED!!! Great News!! 211 W Woodruff, Searcy AR. Sold and loved.
- 05/02/24 02:12 PM
Front of 1855 built home in Searcy AR
I wrote a blog a few weeks ago begging for this house to be saved......not bought at foreclosure auction and torn down as so many of our historic houses have been! Click https://activerain.com/droplet/HG5S for blog . It has now been bought by a person who loves it and respects it and calls it home! She even says that it was partly my fault that she bought it because the blog brought it to her attention!
She even invited me to tour it! Which I proudly did! We started with the basement. She is a … (5 comments)
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searcy ar: Air Taxi? Explain sign. Searcy AR. Airport. Air charter and cargo.
- 04/24/24 01:42 PM
This sign is a recent gift. There was an estate sale at a house near the airport. This sign was part of the sale. No one bought it so it was a gift for this ole blog queen.
So now I need some Searcy Sleuths to give me the history of the sign. Searcy had an air taxi? How did it work? Who owned it?
AND.....if you are curious go to this site https://activerain.com/droplet/4XxS and see the blog about the first plane to land at the Searcy Airport in 1941! My blog buddy, Anita Hart Fuller, loaned the pictures to me way … (3 comments)
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