June 29, 2012 was a good day. We sold this lovely house in Searcy Arkansas. It was built just a couple of years ago and the owner had the finest of everything put in the house. She finished up with fully landscaped yard with an over-yard sprinkler system. Who built this house? Let's see her wh
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06/30/2012
I do have an iphone and admit that I have hated it since I got it. It is just too smart for me. But with a few hints I think I can catch on. I just noticed something on the thing. You can upload a video to youtube from it! Now that explains why youtube is used so much by kids and smarter-than
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06/28/2012
A blog reader sent me this picture of a tombstone that he found in the cemetery in Searcy AR and asked if I knew what the Sweet Anthem Chamber 3220 meant. "Also, I've got a picture of this headstone from the cemetery on East Moore St. I was wondering what "Sweet Anthem Chamber" was. Sounds kind o
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06/25/2012
Tell me the lines of this house are not beautiful. You must agree with me that they are so pleasing. Here's another view from the side. And check out the back yard! Who has a trellis with climbing vines anymore? And I have this house listed for sale right now. My sign is in the yard. Go to
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06/23/2012
Churches joined together and held a carnival for young people today June 23 2012 in Spring Park in Searcy Arkansas. Spring Park's old pavilion was in use again as shown here. I parked a little distance away on Spring Street and noticed a few old houses that are just about the same as they used to
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06/23/2012
We found another charming old rock house in Searcy. It needs repairs but still has potential and you know how we have bragged about these things before. We have featured them several times. Here goes again. That is the basic look but lets go up closer for the creativity that shows through. Th
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06/21/2012
We've had pictures of the evidently very popular Pershing filling station on this blog before. In fact, we have had it on two times. Check this blog and this blog for other pictures. The station has cropped up on ebay and I made a bid or two but it has several interested bidders and I have lost
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06/18/2012
Someone gave my husband an old 1956 football program that had lots of football players and their pictures in the advertisements. Here are two of the ads. They seem more creative than most. I like the way Headlee Drug Store says that if you are looking for "him" or for "her" you'll find anyone
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06/14/2012
Her obituary was in the paper yesterday. Norma B. Young died at the age of 101. She had a very long and deserving obit which can be found at the Daily Citizen or the Democrat-Gazette. It dwelled quite a bit on her chicken-cooking queen history. In 1971 she entered a National Chicken Cooking co
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06/08/2012
This photo was provided by Donnie Miller, lifetime resident of White County Arkansas who knows everone in the county. He serves as President of Regions Bank in Searcy Arkansas and appreciates the history of our area. In this photo, his mother is in the center and his grandmother is on the left
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06/06/2012
