Almost priceless picture of downtown Searcy AR landmark.On ebay right now, priced at $23.75, is this wonderful postcard of the original Robertson's Drug Store (now operated as Quattlebaum Music) in downtown Searcy AR. It was established in 1860, according to the card. I seem to have put this b
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07/31/2020
1954 Phone call prices from Searcy AROur kids today think phone calls are free. And they are. They can talk for hours on their cell phones. Let's educate them by saying phone calls were once very expensive. Check this phone book page. You live in Searcy AR. You have a friend in Little Rock.
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07/28/2020
D for Duncan's? Cheerleaders for PeeWee Football 1997.And who were they cheering for?Here they are. 1997 PeeWee Football players and their coaches. See if you can find yourself if you were growing up at that time. I believe the sponsor was Duncan's Chrysler Plymouth Jeep.
07/28/2020
More Searcy AR Memories.....Prince Gardner Leather Company?Coming up in a few days is another estate sale being done by my daughter who owns VSmith Estate Sales. And here she pulls out more great Searcy history. The pictured items above came from Prince Gardner Leather Company and the leather
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07/24/2020
Searcy AR football team 1939 - 1942This great old picture was loaned to me by Ginger Pickens Brookshire and husband Frank. Frank was a member of another football team in approximately 1970 sponsored by Duncan's Chrysler Plymouth car dealership and still loves football. https://activerain.com/dro
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07/17/2020
Searcy ladies campaigning for Ed Bethune.Ed Bethune, who lived in Searcy AR in 1978, has a new book called "The Thinking Spot. A Sequel to A Pearl for Kizzy" so it might be timely to recall this old picture from the Searcy Daily Citizen. His books are quite enjoyable and educational. Seems as i
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06/29/2020
How about Christmas in July?These two little folks are singing their hearts out. Picture them singing a Christmas song in the window of the Van-Atkins store on North Spring Street in Searcy AR. That was their job for many years. They were plugged in to electricity, had movements and recorded s
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06/26/2020
Yarnell's Ice Cream....Turkey Hill Ice CreamWe have read that our hometown ice cream factory is going to start making Turkey Hill All Natural Ice Cream. We are not sure when or how or wheather Yarnell's will have a new name.We are just sure that as the old saying goes, "Till the cows come home,"
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06/18/2020
Searcy Sleuths, who were they?An estate sale is being held this weekend, June 19-21, and so much Searcy history has been uncovered. It is called the VanHook estate sale and Alvin VanHook and his two sons are in the picture. Ricky VanHook is first on the left in row one and Ron VanHook is third
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06/15/2020
Miss Arkansas parade in Searcy AR 1978This great picture of a parade in downtown Searcy AR shows a Searcy lady, Naylene Vuurens, in a convertible driven by Ron VanHook in 1978. She won the Miss Arkansas pageant and went to the Miss America pageant representing Arkansas. She was beautiful and the
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06/11/2020
