This blog was inspired by Elizabeth Weintraub's blog about getting mail. I read her blog and this incident was still fresh on my mind. (She doesn't need the publicity but she is one of the best bloggers on activerain.) I had just been assigned this new REO property and was checking it out. The
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08/21/2008
This great old photo of Searcy AR comes from the White County Historical Society collection of photos. It dates back to 1900 and also looks like a photo from an old Western movie. This quote below is from the WCHS explanation of the photo. This scene is from approximately 1900, when Gem Caf
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08/20/2008
These old pictures are fun! Look at this shoe store in Higginson Arkansas. This picture was loaned to me by the mayor of Higginson through Ludean, long time resident of Higginson. We've discovered that most of Higginson burned in the 20's. Up until then, it was a thriving town. We saw the H
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08/18/2008
Everyone loved Andy Griffith's Mayberry. Everyone loved Opie and Aunt Bee and Otis and Barney and the whole cast. Searcy, Arkansas is a lot like Mayberry. We have folks who love each other and care about the town and about morals and doing the right thing. If you get your hair cut, you learn
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08/17/2008
I just finished reading "Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea." It is a very irreverent book written by Chelsea Handler, a stand-up comic and and an actress and author of this best-seller. In chapter six, she describes going to a restaurant in France that is completely dark inside. I though
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08/17/2008
We've been exploring old photos of Searcy Arkansas and its surrounding cities. Higginson is just a breath away and was once a thriving city with trains going through it all the time. Trains still go through it and my friend Ludean told me that they have two fire stations to make sure the fires
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08/16/2008
Don't strip the paper. I finally received a good REO property. The house had been lived in by the same family for years. Husband died and the wife had to move to something smaller and cheaper. Walking through it, I realized it was dated and needed cosmetic repairs but it cranked up and everyt
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08/15/2008
The TV and newspapers are full of reports of the crime that took place in Little Rock Wednesday. A lone gunman entered the Arkansas Democratic headquarters and shot the chairman, Bill Swatney, 48, as he was in his office. No discussion, no real altercation, just sudden death. The man who killed
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08/14/2008
Searcy has lots of churches. Some have been added on to become almost not recognizable. Some were torn down and rebuilt. Some were torn down and replaced with commercial. This church is located right across the street from our historic Rialto Theater. Traffic passes by continuously night an
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08/14/2008
My friend Ludean obtained this picture for me to display. She got it from Higginson's Mayor who displays it at City Hall. Higginson is a tiny town just a minute or two from Searcy Arkansas. Ludean pointed out that they have two fire stations in order to be prepared in case of a fire on the op
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08/12/2008
