searcy ar: UNUSUAL! Strange! In Searcy AR! Coke mailbox!! Betcha never saw one!!!
- 10/27/25 02:16 PM
Coco-Cola mailbox holder!
Look closely and see that a coke is also on the mailbox! I had to drive by again, stop the car, and go feel of the coke/post to see if it was made of glass! It wasn't. (Now I need to go back and feel of the small one attached to the mailbox and see if it is glass with half of it on each side of the box. I forgot to feel of it.) The big one was some kind of metal and the red strip had to have been separately made. Upon that last trip I found … (7 comments)
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searcy ar: Rhodes Memorial Field House. Harding College. Searcy AR. 1949
- 10/12/25 08:14 AM
Here's a neat old post card showing a very historic Harding College, now University, building. It was built in 1949 and was a re-purposed WWll airplane hangar! Google told me that. Next is the address side of the card.
It is rather hard to read but says that it had facilities for many sports including roller skating, seating space for 800 spectators and the playing floor was large enough for 3 basketball games to be played at once. It was named for the late B. F. Rhodes, Professor Emeritus of History. The name is now Rhodes-Reaves Field House and below is the … (1 comments)
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searcy ar: 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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searcy ar: 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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searcy ar: 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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searcy ar: 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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searcy ar: 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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searcy ar: 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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searcy ar: 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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searcy ar: Mayfair. Historic hotel in Searcy AR. New owner coming. Old pictures.
- 07/30/25 08:00 AM
What's next?
Mayfair Hotel is changing hands. Here are a few of the old pictures and one made today! It is almost 100 years old!
I put this view on a blog a few years ago. 2009 I believe it was. Pull up that blog and see the pictures and read an interesting story about one of its original owners.
click here......... https://activerain.com/droplet/74XQ
And possibly this is the original look in the picture above. Fancy, fancy, and the vehicles reveal the age. No, I don't know what age they were. But some Searcy Sleuth will tell us. BTW, that historic street light … (3 comments)
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searcy ar: 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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searcy ar: Sad memory. Searcy AR. Jr High taken by fire. 1981. Shoplifting. Ruler
- 07/21/25 12:22 PM
Old Junior High
Seems as if I spend a lot of time now going through old saved things. Sometimes the memories are delightful and other times the memories are not pleasant at all. So it was with these two discoveries. Way back on Dec. 30, 1981 the Searcy Junior High shown above burned. I had a son who was very close to the school and I had taught there just a few years before. My son prowled around after the fire and brought home these two objects. Look at this damaged poster that evidently was displayed someplace at the school.
And then add … (3 comments)
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searcy ar: 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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searcy ar: 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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searcy ar: 25th annual KTHV11 Cereal Drive. Searcy AR. Successful. Tom Brannon.
- 06/12/25 11:58 AM
Look who is admiring my new shirt! Tom Brannon, who gave me the shirt, and who is pictured all over it, points to it. My daughter, Valerie Canepa, is trying to take it because she likes it so much. Actually, it is last year's shirt but I didn't get one last year. The Cereal Drive is held yearly by KTHV11 TV station and goes to several different cities to solicit cereal for our kids. The sign below shows how successful Searcy was with 6503 boxes. Tom Brannon and Karen Fuller are in the group below. The white haired lady in the … (0 comments)
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searcy ar: HEY! Support Searcy AR! KTHV11 25th Annual Cereal Drive Coming Wed!
- 06/09/25 07:54 AM
HEY!!
SO!! We have had Searcy in the news a lot in the last few years. Our Mayor Matt Faulkner has done a great promotion job for our town. He is going to support this drive and will come and visit the drive. KTHV11 is having their 25 anniversary cereal drive this year. They visit cities and collect cereal to help our children. It is time for them to visit Searcy. The drive will be held Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at the front of our large Walmart store beginning at 6:30 am.
My connection is through one of their star reporters, Karen Fuller, and her … (4 comments)
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searcy ar: 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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searcy ar: Sears, once loved, now gone. Sandpaper packet. Vintage. Price? Memory.
- 04/10/25 08:28 AM
We all loved Sears, Roebuck and Co.
I stumbled upon this very old looking packet of sandpaper with the Sears name on it. All 6 sheets of sandpaper were still in it. I could find no price or date on it anywhere. One of the sheets is shown below. What is Aluminum Oxide? Our beloved Sears has been gone for a long time so this is sort of a memory of Sears and how they sold everything! From sandpaper to houses!
As a matter of fact, we have at least one Sears house remaining in Searcy AR! Wonder if they'd like this memory … (6 comments)
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searcy ar: Memories! Searcy AR. Book written 2012 Carolyn Boyles & Patsy Pipkin.
- 03/30/25 12:54 PM
Wonderful Memories
Check your bookshelves. As I did. You may find this wonderful book of memories of Searcy AR. As I did.
It was written in 2012 by Patsy Pipkin, a Searcy lady, and Carolyn Boyles, who seems to go from place to place writing these memory books. She chose Searcy for one and had Patsy Pipkin help her write it. Patsy was an award-winning author and longtime resident of Searcy and White County. She was a local newspaper columnist for over 15 years and she and Carolyn Boyles compiled a wonderful collection of photos contributed by many different groups and individuals from … (2 comments)
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searcy ar: 1970 yearbook. Vani Jo Quattlebaum Geroy. Searcy AR. Memorial. Style.
- 03/17/25 01:03 PM
Another "style" picture from 1970.
Old yearbooks are a lot of fun to look through.
I was searching the 1970 one and saw this group picture of the Future Homemakers of America. Looks like all girls, doesn't it. Then I noticed all those legs on the front row. Notice two girls with what we used to call "saddle oxfords" and they date way back to the 50's and were worn with socks, always with socks. Note there are no socks on these girls but all of the shoes look as if they need socks! A style change, I guess.
And sadly, the reason I … (6 comments)
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