About White County, AR

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

I have a friend who just does farms. He loves farms and he is extremely knowledgeable about them. He does not mind getting out and tramping around the farm and specializes in listing or selling farmland.

Now he can take his phone with him and send back interesting pictures. He found this one a lot of fun. He says it is a copperhead coiling up from the hole where he has been hibernating. It wasn't clear to me whether the copperhead comes up head first or tail first. But it is a fun picture, isn't it?

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 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!

We give a lot of attention to the grand old buildings and stores and architecture in Searcy but we have not looked at this little building located downtown on Market Street. I'm hoping the Searcy Sleuths will be able to give us some history. I can remember a little of the history. Seems it was turned into a restaurant by someone who served Cajun food. That didn't last.

After that a lady decided to open a cookie store! A cookie store!! Was she out of her mind? Who ever heard of a cookie store in Searcy Arkansas? She made it! She made the best cookies in the state and the restaurant still stands.

Just look at it now. It seems largely unchanged outside but the side wall appears to have once has a door.

This little building does have nice lines and The Cookie Basket has kept it looking historic. Let's do down on Tuesday for their famous Poppieseed Chicken!