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By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
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 now!!!! Brace yourself!!! A changed look!! Isn't history fun!! I am surprised that they left the wrought iron! Personally, I like the first picture best!!
By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
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 lots of good memories of both Yarnell's and the historic Benjamin Clayton Black house which is now home to the Searcy Arts Council.Thanks for a fun Saturday afternoon on August 10, 2024!
By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
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 left in Searcy but she drove for hours to get here when my good friend and a best friend of Judy's, Anita Hart Fuller, and I agreed to give her a tour. The tour was one week ago. Here is one of the main places that we were fo...
By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
Ladies from Searcy ARWay 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, and thanks for the recipe!!
By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
Searcy Lions vs. Beebe BadgersMemories sometime just fall in your arms....so it seems. This old program did that to me. Hubby's name is in this football line up. Way down at the extreme bottom it gives a possible date of 1955! Who won? Someone from the Searcy Sleuths may remember. I was not in Searcy AR. The front side advertised Dizzy's Drive Inn and The Beebe News so the game must have been in Beebe.Sure, it does seem pretty ragged but what wouldn't be after about 69 years and saved by a football star? Check and see if you know any of the guys!Miss you, Rodger Duncan!!
By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
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 point out books of 1955 through 1961 had the club and nothing about it before or after. So perhaps Searcy Sleuths can help me with this question.
By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
Original watercolor honors Mr. OrtcotterIt has been over 20 years since Searcy lost Ed Ortcotter but probably lots of Searcy residents remember him. His profession was painting houses but he also loved painting pictures and took art lessons. The one above was done by Searcy artist, Terry Williams, as a tribute to his good friend, Mr. Ortcotter, after his death.I remember him because of his love for Christmas. He dressed up his yard and house with decorations. He sometimes had a Santa's Workshop in his front yard and at times dressed as Santa and handed out candy to kids who drove by with their parents. So if you were a kid in the 1990s you might definitely remember him. He also was a pet lover and fed birds and stray cats and dogs. Notice the tears in the eyes of the grieving an...
