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
West Point Basketball Girls 1956Memories! They are so much fun! And looking at this picture which came from the 1956 White County Basketball Tournament held in Rose Bud AR in February 1956 has to make you smile. One of the girls, front row, left to right, sent me copies of 5 years of programs.
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11/24/2020
Looking back to 1984 MLS entryWith today's 3% or less interest rates when buying a home, let's take a look at a listing from July 1984. Searcy AR had started getting Multiple Listing Books every two weeks in the year 1982. How'd we do that? We had a California real estate agent move to Searcy
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11/22/2020
Jim Bohannon, former Searcy AR resident. This is Jim Bohannon and he is a life-long student of railroad history and a collector of original 19th and early 20thcentury USA maps and railroad timetables. He sent me pdfs of old historic roadmaps and sounds as if he would do the same for you. He g
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11/20/2020
The Hosts of the 1953 Girls' Basketball Tournament!Here they are! Rose Bud Arkansas hosted the wonderful tournament that we have written so many blogs about during the past month or two. We showed the pictures of 12 teams who attended the event at Rose Bud on February 25 through March 2, 1953.H
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11/18/2020
Pangburn Girls' Basketball Team 1953Another one of the 12 teams that were entered in the 1953 Basketball tournament held at Rose Bud Arkansas is shown above. Their fans are listed below the picture. We have put almost all of the teams on blogs so go back and see all of them if you'd like. We h
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11/17/2020
Thanks to a friend in Georgia!She found my blogs, decided I liked history, wondered if I'd like to have this historic 1925 Gallowegian yearbook that had been kept by a relative! Did I!!! I loved the idea. She mailed it and it is wonderful! Check out this magnificent 4 page fold out of the stu
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11/15/2020
Central School Senior Girls' Basketball Team 1953Here's another team that participated in the 1953 White County Girls' Basketball tournament held at the Rose Bud, AR High School Gymnasium. I bought a program that sold for 25 cents at the tournament on ebay and paid lots more than that but the pi
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11/10/2020
Kensett AR Girls. I love the way they are lined up.Another team who entered the White County Girls' Basketball Tournament in 1953 is shown here. It was held in the High School Gymnasium at Rose Bud AR. I found the old program on ebay and bought it. The pictures are so interesting. I love the w
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11/09/2020
Old advertising method that is new to me.On ebay right now is this glass paperweight that was a method of advertising that I have not seen before. The paragraph below is written on ebay regarding the item. Perhaps someone will know its location and whether it still stands.This is a vintage, cl
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11/06/2020
