I'm in love!!I entered an estate sale, looked over things, and saw this picture! OMG, I fell in love with it immediately. This picture portrays the epitome of love, trust, innocence, and anticipation. It is quite old and must be a colorized picture of a black and white photo. Back then color
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02/08/2021
Roberson's Rendezvous and Missouri Pacific Bus Station, Searcy ARHere's another good view of Searcy's famous restaurant/cafe, Rendezvous, showing the view from the corner. It seems to be an artist's rendering. I found it on an old postcard that has already been sold on ebay. Here's the back of
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01/24/2021
Searcy AR High School Girls Ensemble PictureWhile thumbing through a 1975 SHS yearbook looking for something else, I saw this picture and did a double take. WOW! Look at all those dresses that made me remember when most mothers sewed and made clothes for the family......mostly the girls in the
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01/22/2021
This old postcard is on line right now, for sale on ebay, and I may think of buying it. Why?I'd like to know more about its history. What a strange name for a motel in Judsonia AR. Was there a string of the Texas ILL motels in several states? It definitely looks like a typical motel from prob
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01/19/2021
Rare Book. To be found at Estate Sale. An estate sale is coming up this very weekend. January 22 through January 24, 2021. The address is 611 N Maple, Searcy AR. This was published so long ago.....so historic! White County Historical Society take note!!! If you don't have a copy, you might
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01/18/2021
This is a very historic chair! You can find it in many Searcy High School yearbooks.We are fortunate, my daughter and I, to have been chosen to market the house and the contents of the home that has been occupied by members of the Roberson family. What makes the Roberson family special? THE RE
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01/18/2021
Look what was mailed to families way back then.I saved this. I should have spent the money. 50 cents was sent to me and many others, I assume, wanting us to keep up with our television viewing so that they could bring us more programs of our liking. I saved the money but not the diary. Drat.I
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01/01/2021
Guess who came to Christmas? I suspect it was Dolly Parton's "Coat of Many Colors."Yes, the guest walked through the door and all eyes widened! This guest had on a coat that would attract attention anywhere! I suspected theft....she'd found Dolly Parton's "Coat of M
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12/28/2020
A tobacco work crew. Times were hard then as they are now.I remember doing an older blog about working in tobacco in South Georgia when I was a teen. The blog even has a picture of me! Published in a newspaper! Working on a harvester-tractor used in tobacco harvesting. Ok, ok, here's the blog
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12/24/2020
I Don't Remember This!Look closely! There's my daughter in this rag-tag football picture! When did Searcy have girl's football? I did a little research (because I do NOT remember it) and discovered that it was started in October 1973 when Harry Miller was in charge of Parks and Recreation in S
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11/27/2020
