Anyone recognize the Searcy girl in the picture of Maud Crawford serving tea at Arkansas Girls State? My friend and great Searcy Sleuth has found this picture in the newspaper or on line and knew the girl. Here's what Anita wrote about it."Arkansan and author, Beth Brickell, has published anoth
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07/31/2022
Searcy Beethoven Club. A friend of mine loaned me some interesting folders that she had found at an estate sale. The folders were all about Searcy Beethoven Club history. The club operated in Searcy AR and articles date back to at the least the 1950's and possibly earlier. Lots of pictures sh
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07/25/2022
Because it is so hot these old pictures are interesting.Wonder what the temperature was? This old picture dates back to about 1950's and shows how things used to be. If you wanted a suntan, this is the way you got it.....out in the hot sun showing your bodies. Later on, there was the electric
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07/21/2022
Interesting Democrat Gazette ArticleToday's Arkansas Democrat Gazette had this interesting "Remember...?" article written by Celia Storey about the history of Yarnell's Ice Cream that operated in Searcy for about 80 years. We have a tendency to forget how many years have passed as we remember th
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07/18/2022
Beautiful old doors!Some interesting Searcy AR history has just surfaced and there are beautiful antique doors for sale. At the corner of Market and Gum in Searcy stands Bliss Salon in an old building that the court house says was built in 1884 and was renovated a few years ago by Bliss Salon ow
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07/13/2022
Spring Street, Looking North, Searcy ARKTo really appreciate this old card and this blog you need to enlarge the picture and see the small details. Ads on the buildings told me something I didn't know. The barber shop had baths! Go to the barber shop and get yourself a shave, haircut AND a bat
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07/11/2022
Another sad photo of Judsonia AR tornadoI can't remember where I got this picture but it brings back sad memories of the 1952 tornado that practically wiped out the Arkansas town of Judsonia and did damage to other towns nearby. Perhaps someone can tell us the location of this destruction. It i
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06/28/2022
From this drawing in 1979....to this exhibited art work at Searcy Art Gallery, 300 East Race St.I was teaching Art in 1979 at Searcy High School. One of my most talented students was a young man named Bill Reames. He loved art and did lots of illustrations in the year books. The 1979 yearbook
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06/22/2022
Graduation? Big Party? Where?Searcy AR had several places for parties way-back-then? This one has lots of young people so it may be a school prom. What I wonder is where it was being held. The Mayfair had big rooms, I think. So did the very popular Rendezvous Restaurant. Roseann Motel? It i
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06/22/2022
Governor Orville Faubus visits Searcy and the band greets him.These are interesting old pictures of the then Governor Faubus arriving in Searcy AR for some function that was important enough to bring out the band. Searcy Sleuths can tell the year by the vehicles, I predict. To the left would be
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06/14/2022
