Rose Bud

Rose Bud is a small community situated on Hwy. 36 at the cut-off to Heber Springs. It is a tight-knit community where everyone knows everyone else. A description of the town in 1914 stated, "It was a shabby little place. There was only one painted house in it. All the others were of boards warped and grayed by the weather. The little group of stores on its one street had neither signs nor show windows. One of the front windows of the biggest store was boarded up because lumber was cheaper than glass. Razorback hogs sauntered and rooted and grunted in the street and slept in the yellow dust of it..." Later, it changed for the better! By the 1920's new building had been going on with many renovations (including glass windows) and a new sense of pride had been born by the installation of one of the most up-to-date and progressive schools in the nation. It then burned almost entirely in 1925 & between that & the Great Depression in 1929, almost disappeared. In the 1960's when I went to school there it was a typical small town with many older stores, but had a wonderfully quaint feel to it. The small town has lots of pine trees & is nestled in the large hills of the area

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City Council: Kenneth Reddick, Tammy Tipton, Jerry Burlison, Carol Sartin, and Joe McBroom and the secretary/recorder is Barbara Garrett. The council meets every third Thursday at 7:00 p.m. on the city's community center.
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    Road work has been taking place in Rose Bud to make driving conditions safer and easier.
    School Road, which runs behind the public school, was widened recently in the area of the road that runs behind the school gymnasium, said city council member Kenneth Reddick.
    Also, School Road has been paved down to where Head Start is located, he said. In addition, the state Highway Department widened School Road where it meets Highway 36 West.
    On other improvements in the small city located about 20 miles west of Searcy, city leaders are planning the construction of a city sewer system, Reddick said.
    The city park is taking shape, and city council member Tammy Tipton is currently in search of playground equipment, Reddick said.
    Rose Bud is the home of Jim Dandy, a convenience store/restaurant, Carrol's grocery, the Country Place restaurant, Pallone Veterinary Hospital, Rose Bud Animal Clinic and a gas station. Another convenience store/restaurant is under construction.