Was it the same builder in Beebe Arkansas and Searcy Arkansas?

In the late 40's there was a narrow wooden bench placed along Robertson's wall about where the old car is parked. Every Sunday morning Mr. E.B. Hicks, the Arkansas Democrat distributer, and Mr. Taylor, Arkansas Gazette, would sell their papers to drive-up customers. The Sunday issue of the Democrat was seven cents and the Gazette cost a dime.

I also sold both Sunday papers for them to isolated neighborhoods and institutions. My bike route started at the cotton gin on east Pleasure St., went on to Hawkins clinic, Harding College, past the cotton compress and stave mill and ended near the livestock sale barn off of south Main street. The men would pay me a penny or two for each paper I sold.

Bob C.

Bob, you may have sold me or my uncle papers on Sunday morning.  We lived on E. S. Line (now E. Woodruff) when I was a kid.  You probably rode up our street, as there was only a path through the tall grass after the stave mill and compress over to what is now Lincoln.  Or had they built the dirt road from Cotton St. to Lincoln at that time?  I can't remember exactly when that was done.

Ludeann, it's possible that I sold papers on Line St near Cotton street. I do remember visiting the houses north and south of the compress and pushing my bike across the M&NA tracks to Higginson Rd. The point was near the water tower and probably along the grassy path that you mentioned. I went as far south as Rodgers horse farm and came back to a couple of groups of houses off what is now Lincoln and Bebee Capps finally, ending at Taylor's sale barn.

Bob C.

Barbara,\

I love these old buildings.  You are so observant.  I had never noticed the windows in Beebe just like our family music store.  So glad you pointed it out to me.

Sherry Q.

Barbara,\

I love these old buildings.  You are so observant.  I had never noticed the windows in Beebe just like our family music store.  So glad you pointed it out to me.

Sherry Q.

It is the history lady. Dorothy