Wonderful MemoriesCheck your bookshelves. As I did. You may find this wonderful book of memories of Searcy AR. As I did. It was written in 2012 by Patsy Pipkin, a Searcy lady, and Carolyn Boyles, who seems to go from place to place writing these memory books. She chose Searcy for one and had
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03/30/2025
Another "style" picture from 1970.Old yearbooks are a lot of fun to look through. I was searching the 1970 one and saw this group picture of the Future Homemakers of America. Looks like all girls, doesn't it. Then I noticed all those legs on the front row. Notice two girls with what we used to
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03/22/2025
Moving Notice! On handkerchief! Unusual?? I stumbled across a large stack of old vintage handkerchiefs a few weeks ago. It startled me to find this one! Someone had evidently used handkerchiefs to announce their move. I'd never seen that before. Here's a picture of the whole hanky. It was
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03/10/2025
1950's typing class.Who remembers this? Do they still have them?I found this old picture inside a 1950 Searcy Arkansas yearbook. It was a free picture just inside the book with several other pictures, mostly football. So I assume that it was from the 1950 school year. Searcy Sleuths may even r
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03/04/2025
The Ultimate 1968 Fashion Photo Example!Hold it!! I was not referring to the people in the photo even though being a hippy was popular back then. I was talking about the wrought iron porch pillar posts. Driving now through Searcy's first subdivisions with covenants, Lambert Terrace and Clov
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02/24/2025
Pine cone roses?A long lasting gift.So many, many years ago these rose-shaped cones were given to me. I sometimes think that if I were going through motherhood right now I'd end up in jail for giving my kids the freedom that I gave them when they were growing up. We lived on the edge of town ne
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02/21/2025
Norma Young and Kay WrightRemember 1971? Searcy AR was home to a wonderful cook who may have invented Chicken Dipper's Nuggets and won a $10,000 award. (How much would that be today? Google says $77,927!) Norma Young is shown on the right above and her daughter, Kay Wright, on the left. I canno
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02/15/2025
Handsome Hubby Always a great memory from 2008! I have blogged this before but it is still one of my favorite Valentine's stories and so true. Valentine's Day has rolled around again and this memory always pops back up! It is about my husband and a new side of him. He has never been a rom
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02/11/2025
What! A fence blog?I admit that I might be a little amazed that I am putting this picture on a blog. But I was in Beebe AR, which is a neighbor to Searcy AR, on a dreary rainy day in a private yard. When I got out of the car, walked around mudholes to get in, I noticed nothing unusual.Then whe
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02/10/2025
Tour was so delightful and educational.This historic home is for sale right now and the REALTORS were invited to tour it. I accepted the invitation and was delighted to see all the historic items still in and around the house.The windows in the house are original. The tile on the roof had to b
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02/07/2025
