White County, AR Real Estate News

 Carder Buick Olds dealershipNice old souvenier pocket knife from the popular Carder Buick-Olds car dealership in Searcy AR. This is available right now on ebay and I have never seen one of these before.  Carder Buick was a popular dealership up until a few years ago when it closed down.   If you collect you might want to look this up. 05/03/2021

What is this?  Yarnell Ice Cream dip can....now painted. Good memory!Yarnell's Ice Cream was a Searcy AR favorite.  The ice cream was delicious and the company was in business until a few years ago.  It sold and has recently sold again. This photo was supplied by our Searcy Sleuth Anita Hart Fuller who reported that a friend sent it to her.  The friend bought it at a sale and had it painted to be more attractive and to hold flowers.  The dip can held ice cream in various ice cream parlors and the ice cream was dipped onto a dish or cone.  It must have been in a big container judging by its height.  Wonder what the 42 meant?  Yarnell's is now owned by Turkey Hill and their ice cream is wonderful....just as Yarnell's was.  In addition,Turkey Hill has something that I really like outside. ... 04/07/2021

I'm in love!!I entered an estate sale, looked over things, and saw this picture!  OMG, I fell in love with it immediately.  This picture portrays the epitome of love, trust, innocence, and anticipation.  It is quite old and must be a colorized picture of a black and white photo.  Back then color photography was not the norm.So here is where Searcy AR history comes in.  It is signed Wm Walker, Searcy ARK.  William Walker was a successful and beloved Searcy photographer.  If he put the color on the photo, he was also an artist.  Here's his signature from the photo.Another person who is very well remembered in White County was from Judsonia and he framed pictures.  His name was Jimmy Gill and he put his sticker on the back of the frames.  Each one that I have seen was interesting because h... 02/08/2021

 Roberson's Rendezvous and Missouri Pacific Bus Station, Searcy ARHere's another good view of Searcy's famous restaurant/cafe, Rendezvous, showing the view from the corner. It seems to be an artist's rendering.  I found it on an old postcard that has already been sold on ebay.  Here's the back of the postcard. Notice what it said on the card?  The cafe (restaurant) had a banquet room that would seat 450 people or a Blue Room for private parties.  That sounds like a big area!  Searcy Sleuths, were you at either of these party spots when the Rendezvous was operating?  We have done other blogs about this historic spot.   You can see a couple of those if you click these spots.   Click here.  Click here. 01/24/2021

Searcy AR High School Girls Ensemble PictureWhile thumbing through a 1975 SHS yearbook looking for something else, I saw this picture and did a double take.  WOW!  Look at all those dresses that made me remember when most mothers sewed and made clothes for the family......mostly the girls in the family.  So did moms make these dresses?They are interesting also because of long ago when feed was sacked in lovely type material that was used for sewing outfits for the kids or for Mom. I also wondered if this was a one-year outfit for the girls or whether it was used for several years.  You will agree, I'm sure, that the picture is interesting and is filled with lovely girls!  01/22/2021

This old postcard is on line right now, for sale on ebay, and I may think of buying it.  Why?I'd like to know more about its history.  What a strange name for a motel in Judsonia AR.  Was there a string of the Texas ILL motels in several states?  It definitely looks like a typical motel from probably the 1950's or 1960's.  Was it destroyed in the 1952 tornado?Perhaps some Searcy/Judsonia sleuths can tell us more..................    01/19/2021

Rare Book.  To be found at Estate Sale.  An estate sale is coming up this very weekend.  January 22 through January 24, 2021.  The address is 611 N Maple, Searcy AR.  This was published so long ago.....so historic!  White County Historical Society take note!!!  If you don't have a copy, you might try to grab this one.  If you attend the sale, check the home also.  It is for sale at a great low price of $125,000! 01/18/2021

This is a very historic chair!  You can find it in many Searcy High School yearbooks.We are fortunate, my daughter and I, to have been chosen to market the house and the contents of the home that has been occupied by members of the Roberson family.  What makes the Roberson family special?  THE RENDEZVOUS!  The Rendezvous was one of the best and most popular restaurants in Searcy AR for many years.  It was started by the Roberson family and was often the chosen location for happy functions.  Click here for an early view of it.The family says that this wrought iron chair was often used for events.  It would be picked up from their house and carried for use to help with formal pictures at various places, sometimes at the Rendezvous.  In one picture below it is definitely this chair but the... 01/18/2021

Look what was mailed to families way back then.I saved this.  I should have spent the money.  50 cents was sent to me and many others, I assume, wanting us to keep up with our television viewing so that they could bring us more programs of our liking.  I saved the money but not the diary.  Drat.I have a pet peeve now.....if I get a plea for money with a paid-for stamp (and a stamp now costs somewhere around 50 cents) for me to return my contribution I definitely do not give.  My thinking is that if they can throw money away like that, they don't need my donation.  I wrote on the back of this, "Approximate 1980's."  The blasted quarters are turned so that I can't see the dates and are glued down so I can't turn them.  I wonder if Nielsen is still doing this research and I wonder what the... 01/01/2021

                            Guess who came to Christmas?  I suspect it was Dolly Parton's "Coat of Many Colors."Yes, the guest walked through the door and all eyes widened!  This guest had on a coat that would attract attention anywhere!  I suspected theft....she'd found Dolly Parton's "Coat of Many Colors" and quietly walked out with it.But no one can walk out with a coat like this without notice.....or enter a room wearing one like it without notice.  So she's innocent but the coat surely makes you think of that famous country song from 1971 made famous by Dolly.We bragged on the coat.  It really is very special and lovely.  It helped make a bad 2020 Christmas a good Christmas. 12/28/2020

A tobacco work crew.  Times were hard then as they are now.I remember doing an older blog about working in tobacco in South Georgia when I was a teen.  The blog even has a picture of me! Published in a newspaper!  Working on a harvester-tractor used in tobacco harvesting.  Ok, ok, here's the blog.  Go read it and see the pictures.https://activerain.com/droplet/5pVBWasn't that fun?  Now the picture above was the way it used to be.  Poor people needing money working under the shelter of the typical tobacco barn which was found all over the south when tobacco was king and everyone smoked.  The workers might take their kids who could hand the tobacco leaves to a person who would string it on slender sticks of wood that was to be hung in the tobacco barn.  The leaves were picked out in the f... 12/24/2020

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 Searcy AR.  Harry was wonderful and was especially instrumental in trying to get sports for girls.  I remember my daughter's playing softball and she loved being on a swim team and she played tennis.....but I do not remember football.   Let's read what Harry said about the teams.  There is a touch of humor in this article. So, since I don't remember any of this I asked my daughter to tell me what she remembers.  She said,"It was no-tackle but there was still a lot of pushing and shoving.  To 'tac... 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.  The tournament was called "The South's Most Spectacular Cage Tournament" and the program cost 25 cents with about 36 pages of ads and other information.Jo Ann, who shared the programs, apologized for the markings but I told her the markings are part of the charm.  It makes us remember the fun they were having (and the fun we were all having at some points of our lives) so I really like the markings!  She and her sister, Patsy, are underlined.  If you know the Swain sisters tell them how much y... 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 and told us how the real world worked and we subscribed.  It was wonderful!Anyway, back to this listing.  Notice the information that was included, especially the loan information.  It told how much was owed on the house and at what interest rate and gave the equity in the home.  This information was very important because of disastrous interest rates during the 1980's.  To sell a house, we had to depend a lot on how a buyer could afford the home.  VA and FHA loans were assumable without a credi... 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 graduated from Searcy High and still keeps up with Searcy news.  He has graciously offered to share his stash with you if you are interested.  He says, "In my retired senior citizen years, I stay interested and active by sharing with public libraries, historical societies and other non-profits (at no cost) copies of modern-day prints, that have been scanned from my original 19th and early 20th century maps and railroad timetables.   The modern-day pdf map prints have been scanned from my ownershi... 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.Here we see the Rose Bud girls.  They look like a fun group and I like their uniforms because they are different with stripes that make them stand out.   It has been a pleasure to feature the girls when they all lived in small towns but had schools who appreciated them and gave them basketball!!  Check this last one and see if you know any of the girls or the fans! 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 have one more to go....Rose Bud.Either the girls at Pangburn were short or the coach was extremely tall!  Look through the group and see if you know anyone. 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 student body.Now let's see if we can see a closer look.  This was an all girl's school in 1925.  Eventually it became Harding College in Searcy AR and then Harding University as it is today.  Here's a view of the left side.  And here is a view of the right side.  It is a large group of girls and their dresses are quite similar.Look how all arms are folded!  Hairstyles alike! And here is a closeup of the ones in the ones in the center.  I have about three other Gallowegians and none of them have a s... 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 pictures are wonderful.  Check and see if you know any of the girls or their fans!   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 way the Kensett girls are lined up in this picture.  Perfect symmetry.  They needed just one line so the girls were lined up with the tallest in the middle and the shorter ones on the sides.  Look through and see if you know any of the folks in the picture or any of the fans.  11/09/2020