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Barbara S. Duncan
By constantly working in the real estate market in Searcy AR and White County for over 35 years, I have become known as one of the most professional and knowledgeable brokers in the city and county.
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By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
The beginning......The annual White County Fair Parade was Saturday morning, September 7 at 11:00 a.m. Crowded? YES!  Folks in White County love that parade that circles the courthouse and travels down East Race in Searcy AR.  I was there along with blog-buddy, Anita Hart Fuller and my daughter, Valerie Smith Canepa.  Anita's good buddy, named Buddy Phillips, was honored to be Grand Marshall of this year's parade. He retired in 2010 after serving 45 years on the board and is now an Emeritus Board Member.  Anita had made a special trip just to see him in the parade because they graduated together in 1954 and have been great buddies through the years. SO.....The parade comes happily and noisily along!  There's Buddy in his fancy vehicle when his admired fan ran into the parade to greet hi...
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By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
WOW! Lots of legs!  And girls.  Are you present?  This is an old and somewhat fascinating picture of a huge group of girls who were selected to attend Girls State in 1953.  It was given to me by one of my most dedicated Searcy Sleuths, Anita Hart Fuller.  I had to put an arrow beside her head.  She and others (I don't know who they were or where they are in this picture.) represented Searcy AR.  It is fun to look back and notice styles at that time. Plaid shirts and caps and shorts were in. Notice one girl on the front row has on a skirt. And what's with the decorated legs on a few of the girls? Have fun with your search! Google info.Arkansas Girls State is a summer program of education that has been sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary, Department of Arkansas since 1942. By 2014,...
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By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
                     The picture above shows an old view of a house that still occupies 1310 W. Arch in Searcy AR.  Take time to hustle to     https://activerain.com/droplet/5Dbk  and read an old blog that I did in 2013.  Also read the many comments about it and check the pictures. Wonderful Searcy history.Now go forward and check this old blog from May 4 2024.                        https://activerain.com/droplet/J5mg  More interesting pictures and some repeats.  But it had just sold.  I went by and snapped a picture. And now!!!!  Brace yourself!!!  A changed look!!  Isn't history fun!!  I am surprised that they left the wrought iron!  Personally, I like the first picture best!!  
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By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
Look at this lovely old rock building that I discovered at a property.  It is called a smokehouse.  I have heard of smokehouses all my life but was never in one that I remember and I have never understood them.  So I asked for permission to snap a picture and here it is.  I once wrote a blog about a pole barn and lots of people responded to it.  Click  https://activerain.com/droplet/cglb if you'd like to review it.What I found interesting about this little house was windows. Or were they ever real windows?  On my google search I read that they didn't have windows.  I liked seeing the inside of the house as pictured below.  Wood.  So how'd they get the fire for the smoke?             And here is a close-up of one of the two windows.  Interesting?  Perhaps it is time to brush up on histor...
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By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
I had the privilege of visiting Rick VanHook in his art studio!  He told me this picture is his latest finished artwork and the detail is amazing.  I love it!WOW!This second picture shows part of the studio. I found the studio stunning and so full of creativity!  I immedately thought of a famous artist, Jackson Pollock, whose studio looked a lot like this one. (Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Pollock and check out Pollock.)  I have said many times that VanHook my be on his way to becoming famous!!His studio has so many items in it that I don't understand and I have an art background!  Look at the table!  I wish I had a better picture of the studio for you.  Perhaps he can supply one.  How 'bout that, Rick!!
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By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
 Long time, no see!Celebrating the 150th birthday of the beautiful Historic Benjamin Clayton Black House at 300 E. Race, Searcy AR, look who was present.  Since 1932 Yarnell's Ice Cream has been a big part of Searcy.  And there was a Yarnell's truck pulling a Yarnell's Ice Cream trailer....giving away ice cream.....asking whether you wanted vanilla or chocolate!It was called an Ice Cream Social with old timey games and all kinds of fun activities. In the picture below you can see part of the tables outside and even a Yarnell's rug on the steps!  It was definitely a fun afternoon with lots of good memories of both Yarnell's and the historic Benjamin Clayton Black house which is now home to the Searcy Arts Council.Thanks for a fun Saturday afternoon on August 10, 2024!
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By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
Traveling the back roadsI admit.  I like the old roads when I can take them.  Avoiding the heavy traffic and the crazy speeders on the main roads is relaxing. I have traveled through the tiny town of Garner several times lately and always notice this big building that was once a catfish paradise restaurant. Seems as if I did go there in the past but how far back was it?  Searcy Sleuths surely can fill in the blanks in my memory because we have a hard time forgetting great catfish places! (Remember the one just past Bald Knob when heading for Augusta?)  Fill us in if you can with a little history of Schroeders.  It has obviously not been used in a long time.
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By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
Good Times!I dragged out my motorcycle jacket.  ( I only wear it for special occasions and this was a very special occasion).  My far-reaching blog had reached this lady from several states away.  She is the daughter of Judy Deener who grew up in Searcy AR and the grandchild of Richard Deener from Searcy.  Remember them?  They lived here a long time ago with Judy graduating in about 1954!Jennie, shown above, had such favorable memories of her visits to Searcy as a child that she longed to return for a visit and contacted me through the blog.  She has no relatives left in Searcy but she drove for hours to get here when my good friend and a best friend of Judy's, Anita Hart Fuller, and I agreed to give her a tour.  The tour was one week ago.  Here is one of the main places that we were fo...
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By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
How long since you have seen one of these?Pineapple upside down cake!!  Isn't it beautiful!  And one of our Searcy AR Chicken Cookin' Queens from 1972 make it yesterday, July 20 2024, and brought it to me!  The mystery is whether they are still as popular as they were so many years ago!  I was absolutely amazed at the beauty!!Here's the queen back in 1972.And here's the blog that I did just a few days ago with her as a finalist.                      https://activerain.com/droplet/J9stShe still reigns supremely!  Thank you, Queen Betty!!
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By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
Ladies from Searcy ARWay back in the 1970s Searcy had a lot of Chicken Cooking Queens.  I loved seeing their newspaper clippings and as I have complained about before, we were lovely ladies but had no names.  We were called by our husband's names in the clippings. In the one above, 1973, notice Mrs. Benson Robbins (Betty) who was a finalist.  This blog has come to my attention because she just gave me a gift.  She became the winner in 1978 and she just gave me a little copy of her recipe.  Here it is!Wonder if she still makes the dish!Congratulations, Betty, and thanks for the recipe!! 
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By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
There is a book about the history of McRae AR.  Inside I found the picture above from so many years ago and was fascinated to see the way it used to look.  Notice the businesses around it.  I wrote a blog about it.  Click                       https://activerain.com/droplet/5WWvto read the blog.  The blog  has more pictures and even mentions bank robbers!  Go check it and then come back. Wasn't that fun!!  Such interesting history. Sadly, the buildings keep declining as the present picture below shows. But thanks to First Security Bank, it remains open!! 
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By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
Who remembers Arni Anderson? He was a very good artist and was a Harding College (now University) graduate.  He attended and then taught Art at the school during the years of 1972 through 1976.  A very good memory for all of us left in Searcy is the coming of McDonald's restaurant to our town.  The restaurant manager commissioned Arni to do paintings of historic homes and buildings.  In this article     https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2013/oct/13/harding-alums-coloring-book-sparks-interest-searcy/    Arni says he did from 30 to 40 paintings of historic homes and buildings in Searcy that were to hang on their walls.  Here is a picture of Arnie.  Go to the article above to read about his coloring book that he is working on in the picture..Now continue this interesting story by clickin...
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By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
Girl's Football Searcy ARHere's an old Searcy Citizen photo from 1973 that I saved and recently came across.  Why did I save it? Someone very close to me is in it and mama's always clipped pictures.But pictures get lost or mixed up so I just now discovered that I had done a blog about this a few years ago.  A good blog!  It even told about the program from the person who started the program, Harry Miller.  So click                       https://activerain.com/droplet/5pJnand read all about it!  If you have more to add about it, (looks as if the star was Ouida Fincher) tell us about it!
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By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
Historic building Kensett ARKensett AR is a very close neighbor to Searcy AR.....almost like a subdivision in the town of Searcy.  But is is so peacful there with little traffic and some very historic places to see.  The pictures above show one.Every time I go to Kensett, I admire this building and wonder about its history.  This time I took a picture and one is a close-up of the name and there is a mural on one side of it.  So what is that picture of?  Looks like cactus to me and I had thought this was possibly a cotton gin?  Off I went to google to see more about the gin.  Such an interesting bit of information and photos about Kensett AR pulled up!  The article was done by Scott Akridge and the White County Historical Society.  Go tohttps://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/kensett-...
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By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
Searcy Lions vs. Beebe BadgersMemories sometime just fall in your arms....so it seems.  This old program did that to me.  Hubby's name is in this football line up.  Way down at the extreme bottom it gives a possible date of 1955!  Who won?  Someone from the Searcy Sleuths may remember.  I was not in Searcy AR.  The front side advertised Dizzy's Drive Inn and The Beebe News so the game must have been in Beebe.Sure, it does seem pretty ragged but what wouldn't be after about 69 years and saved by a football star?  Check and see if you know any of the guys!Miss you, Rodger Duncan!!
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By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
What was a Monitors Club?I like looking through old yearbooks from Searcy AR and have a fairly nice collection of them .  During the mid 50s and early 60s they included a Monitors Club with members and officers. Notice they had a treasurer along with the other normal officers.  Did they have dues?   I called a few members that were in school at that time and asked them, "What was a Monitors Club?"  Silence.....and then a response of "I don't know."  They would think and think and perhaps remember something about hall-monitors. What's a hall monitor? A little more searching seems to point out books of 1955 through 1961 had the club and nothing about it before or after.  So perhaps Searcy Sleuths can help me with this question.  
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By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
Original watercolor honors Mr. OrtcotterIt has been over 20 years since Searcy lost Ed Ortcotter but probably lots of Searcy residents remember him.  His profession was painting houses but he also loved painting pictures and took art lessons.  The one above was done by Searcy artist, Terry Williams, as a tribute to his good friend, Mr. Ortcotter, after his death.I remember him because of his love for Christmas.  He dressed up his yard and house with decorations.  He sometimes had a Santa's Workshop in his front yard and at times dressed as Santa and handed out candy to kids who drove by with their parents.  So if you were a kid in the 1990s you might definitely remember him.   He also was a pet lover and fed birds and stray cats and dogs.  Notice the tears in the eyes of the grieving an...
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By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
Terry Williams with framed picture!Terry Williams has been an artist in Searcy AR since around 1971 and has had frame shops in several places in town.  Right now he operates at the Mayfair Hotel.  He graduated from Harding College around that time.  He once had a studio in this house.....now gone.It was located on Center Street right behind the old Rendezvous restaurant.  Before it was taken down he let me enter it and he still had loads of art and art supplies.  I think you could call him an art collector!A few days ago one of my favorite framed photo pictures in my kitchen came crashing to the floor making a loud noise.  Inspection told me the glass was not broken, the frame was disabled but probably repairable so I tried to see if my  artist friend could repair it!  He could and he d...
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By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
A Frontier Town Grows Up With AmericaYes, I know.  It's a rather ragged book but it IS almost 50 years old.  It was written in 1976 by Dr. Raymond Muncy and has received lots of wear and tear from being read and loved the whole time.  I was reminded of this while going through a stack of old White County Record newspapers from that time.  Here is what I found on the front page.I did go to his first book signing and bought three books.  I got one for myself and two more for my kids.  Hundreds of folks turned out for the signing.  We had preordered and went to pick up our orders.  Notice in the article above that Dr. Muncy had DONATED his time and many citizens contributed information and help.  Even I helped a little.  Pages 18 and 19!This is a wonderful book and if you want one today, c...
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By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
Searcy AR?This does not look like Searcy AR!  Looks like a big city!  Definitely Searcy AR is changing.  I went to a meeting in this brand new First Security Bank building and was very impressed.  We were told to enter the double doors on the west side of the building.  We had to check in and then check out. (The building is so big and elegant that they may have thought we'd get lost in it.....and you could!)  Once upstairs, I took a picture looking toward our old historic courthouse.  Over the years it has seemed to soar above everything.  Now?  See it peeking above the trees and other buildings?  And I saw the roof of the older bank building. It is a truly lovely new building with extensive parking around it and Searcy has changed in an impressive way!  Thank you for the changes!!!PS!...
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By Barbara S. Duncan, GRI, e-PRO, Executive Broker, Searcy AR
(RE/MAX Advantage)
Rediscovered!Here is what has been tucked away in my bookcase for years and years.  It is in a shadow box and had things sorta covering it.  I thought, "WOW!  I forgot this and it has real meaning after all these years!"Here is a close-up of what is in the frame.And here is a closer close-up with the writing almost readable.  My daughter inherited this from her dad's family, her Aunt Roma Henry if I remember correctly.  She lived in Fort Smith and loved antiques.  Her name is at the top of the note card. Poor me.  I can't remember whether it was framed when given to my children or whether I framed it.  But it is special now.  It is enlarged below to be readable....mostly and maybe!Sounds as if the first item is a turkey caller that belonged to G. G. G. grandpa  Phillip P. Ward.  Ward wa...
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