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More car dealerships in Searcy AR in 1965.

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Here are two more car dealerships that were active in 1965 in Searcy Arkansas as seen in a 1965 high school yearbook. Sleuths, do you know who they are and where they were?

Aclin Car Dealership

Bolton Cadillac 1965

And while we are at it, we might as well show this dealership that is slightly out of Searcy but not very far. They advertised New and Used Parts, Car Parts Galore, Lots of Good Used Cars, A Bonanza of Bargains and Wrecker Service.

Hughes and Sons Auto Parts

Richard Wooten Motors from 1965 Yearbook Searcy Arkansas

Barbara S. Duncan, CRS, GRI, e-PRO Searcy AR  : Real Estate Agent in Searcy, AR

Old yearbooks are a great source for historical pictures. I borrowed one from 1965 and it was the year that my brother-in-law Montie Duncan graduated. Because of his being from a car dealer's family and also being on the yearbook staff, they must have called on all the car dealers in town. Here's a good one to show you.

Richard Wooten Motors 1965

This one was located at 1104 W Pleasure Street in Searcy Arkansas. Phone number was CH 5-5536 and his ad bragged,

"King of the Cleanest Used Cars & Trucks in the State."

And there is still a car lot but just not as populated with vehicles.

1104 W Pleasure

Sadly, Montie Duncan passed away this year but I think he would enjoy knowing that we are enjoying pictures that he had a hand in creating.

1965 revisited at the Duncan's Used Car Lot on East Race Street, Searcy Arkansas.

Barbara S. Duncan, CRS, GRI, e-PRO Searcy AR  : Real Estate Agent in Searcy, AR

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.

Old Beebe car lot building

Imagine my surprise when I was browsing through a 1965 Searcy High yearbook and saw this picture in the advertisements.

Duncan's Used Cars Searcy AR

I hollered to Hubby (who was part of the Duncan crew) and said, "Well, look at this old picture of the car lot with the College Church of Christ in the background!" He looks and says, "Oh, yeah. We sold that old building to someone in Beebe and it is still down there on Highway 31 South."

The building still lives! Unoccupied, but it's still there!

And don't you love those old cars!

Safe at last! They took care of the tree danger in Searcy AR between two historic homes.

Barbara S. Duncan, CRS, GRI, e-PRO Searcy AR  : Real Estate Agent in Searcy, AR

Now I can feel safe driving between two of Searcy's most historic homes. They are located on E. Center Street and the tree looked like this. It was obviously diseased and depending upon which way the wind blew we had two homes in danger.

Tree

To the East we had the historic Pascall house. Those limbs would have demolished it.

Pascall house

To the West we had the Deener house, in whose yard the tree dwelled.

Deener house Searcy AR

Driving between the two of them was little ole me....but not little ole me if the weather was stormy.

While driving to work a few days ago, I noticed a crew in there working on that tree. For several days they worked on that tree because it was a giant. Now the tree is down and here's a present picture of the giant.

Giant tree down

Correction. Here is a picture of PART of the giant. It filled up a lot more space than this but this picture shows the problem and why the tree had to be sacrificed.

Here's an old picture of the historic Deener house. The tree had probably just been planted!

Deener house Searcy AR

Stotts Drug Store, Searcy AR. Was this handsome dude the beginner?

Barbara S. Duncan, CRS, GRI, e-PRO Searcy AR  : Real Estate Agent in Searcy, AR

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Photo of Leo Stotts of Stotts Drug Store.

Stotts Drug Store

Leo Stotts

On the back of the picture it says Leo Stotts Hendrix College, Conway Searcy Ark, Stotts Pharmacist.

It is beautifully hand tinted and should hang in Stotts Drug Store if it is one of the original owners of the drug store.

Stotts has been redone within the last two years so that it has its old original look as shown here. We in Searcy Arkansas appreciate the character that has been preserved by the owners of this drug store.

Stotts Drug Store