So you think the 50's meant poodle skirts?  I grew up in the 50's and never heard of a poodle shirt. BUT........this picture is a perfect depiction of the 50's.  It is supplied by Super Sleuth Anita Fuller from her personal collection of photos.  These girls made up the junior Beebe AR basketball team in 1951 and 1952.  Anita played for Searcy.  I asked her for a picture of Searcy's team and she had none.  None!  The yearbook did not have a single picture of girl's sports because they were unimportant.  Later on the Searcy Schools eliminated the team completely!   Title IX was one of the greatest things to happen for girls.  It forced schools to recognize that girls were also important and they needed sports and social activity just as much as the boys.  Searcy schools started girl's sp... 11/25/2014

We put Beebe Arkansas on this blog a few days ago and this particular photo was placed on the blog. Our blog friend James Whitlow has the same card and he enlarged some areas.  See them below. And he included a look at the street more like now, modern Beebe Arkansas! Here are other Beebe AR blogs if you are interested. beebe: 1965 revisited at the Duncan's Used Car Lot on East Race Street, Searcy Arkansas. - 03/03/12 06:56 AM Just a blog or two ago I talked about little old office buildings that served as offices for car lots.  I put this one up as an example of how they are just about gone and are showing lots of wear and tear.  This one is in Beebe Arkansas. Imagine my surprise when I was browsing through a 1965 Searcy High yearbook and saw this picture in the advertisements. I holler... 02/05/2013

Beebe Arkansas is getting a Wal-Mart supercenter.  It is under construction right now. So perhaps we need to review Beebe.  This picture was just on ebay and sold for $43.56 and I hope someone from Beebe bought it and will treasure it.  It is over 100 years old.   Here's another one from old Beebe.  But now we have motor vehicles. And another one. This one shows a thriving corner with a filling station.    Beebe Arkansas is a thriving small town in White County.  If you have not been to the historic downtown of Beebe lately, put it on your schedule.  It is still scenic enough to be a good setting for a movie.  I enjoy driving through downtown and so will you. 02/03/2013

This card is for sale on ebay and shows the old Pecan Joe's in Beebe Arkansas.  There used to be so many of these colorful places alongside the smaller highways.  They'd have up signs that led up to the business and little kids (and big kids) would eagerly anticipate stopping at a "Pecan Joe's." With today's new super highways, the Pecan Joe's didn't have a chance.  We'd fly by this place so fast we'd never see it.  And if we did see it we'd have to figure out how to get off the freeway, turn around and go back to it.  We can take the scenic routes, however, and see the remains of old Pecan Joe. 12/20/2010

  One thing about a blog is that it stays out there in internet land for a long long time.  We may forget it but someone else is finding it and finding it interesting.  Such is the case with my Beebe Arkansas depot blog.  I just received this inquiry. Dear Barbara, I just recently purchased an old desk from the flea market that now occupies the Beebe Depot.  They told me this desk came with the depot. They had no idea how long it had been there but I did do some research on the company that made it and they had been in business since 1886.  My question to you is the age of the depot?  I was wondering if this might have been some of their business furniture.  The desk is very big and we had to take it out the sliding door and down the ramp outside.  It took 4 people to lift it.  I was ju... 06/28/2010

Most postcards are as realistic as can be. This one must have been done by a true artist who used artist's license to create this junction in his own way. Having been trained as an artist and teaching art for many years, I find this one interesting.  It's almost like folk art.  The subject?  It is the Junction of U.S. Highway 64-67 Beebe Arkansas probably 40 or 50 years ago.  Anderson's Grill was a great place to eat.  Folks from all over congregated there for excellent steaks and salads.  I remember the salad dressing was REAL Roquefort dressing, not blue cheese. I think the Grill finally burned but we'll have to ask the experts whether that is right.  Everyone who liked fine food mourned when it ceased to serve. 10/01/2009

I've had to drive to Beebe a lot lately and I love driving through the old downtown.  I always wonder why they don't come to Beebe and film a movie.  It would create a perfect background for some 40's or 50's movie.  I put up some photos of old town Beebe a few weeks ago.  If you missed them go back and review them. I love the old depot.  Here are photos of it when it was an active one and what it looks like now.  Correction:  I assume it was active then.  Perhaps the age of the cars in the background will deny its being active plus looks as if weeds are growing around the depot.  Lots of trains still come through using these tracks but no passengers board.    02/27/2009