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The Lauderdales' Visit to Maywood

Vance Lauderdale — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 23:44:41 -0600

While looking through the dusty scrapbooks piled here and there in the Lauderdale Mansion, I chanced upon this grainy old photograph that was taken in the late 1930s or early 1940s, I believe, showing one of our family's many trips to Maywood.

Of course, we had our own Olympic-sized pool at the Mansion, but sometimes we hopped in the gleaming new Hispano-Suiza (shown here) and journeyed down "old" Highway 78, to spend the day at "The Beach Within Reach."…

Beal's Dixie Kream - TODAY - Wow!

Vance Lauderdale — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 19:46:27 -0600

Last week, when I posted the images of Beal's Dixie Kream taken in the 1960s, I sort of hoped that the place might still be open — perhaps run by the children of the original owner, Hazel Beal.

Boy, was I wrong.…

Beal's Dixie Kream - Olive Branch, Mississippi

Vance Lauderdale — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:32:28 -0500

So the other day I was looking through a stack of 50-year-old yearbooks from Olive Branch High School. Doesn't everybody do that on a Saturday night?

I didn't find any Lauderdales among the students, but one thing I did notice was an ad in the back of all the yearbooks, for an establishment called Beal's Dixie Kream.…

Chickasaw Gardens' Magnolia Tribute Circle

Vance Lauderdale — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:32:29 -0600

Now that the weather is nice, it’s time to get outside and do some exploring. I’m not talking about ME; I’m saying that’s something YOU should do.…

West Memphis As It Looked in 1932

Vance Lauderdale — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:12:52 -0500

The Lauderdale Library recently made an interesting purchase — some pages torn from an old scrapbook that contained eight photographs showing Broadway Street in West Memphis, Arkansas, as it appeared in 1932. It’s really a fascinating glimpse at a bygone age.…