Dear Mary Ann: There was little or no mental health care available in White County during the 1930s and 1940s. The only facility was called "The Poor Farm." The intent was for the homeless but it basically was a place for people with mental problems-usually those born with mental retardation. It was located east of Searcy on what I think is now the White County Fair Grounds. My uncle lived across the old highway that ran between Searcy and Judsonia and crossed the Little Red River about 2 or 3 miles further to the east. Arkansas operated a large State Hospital with many buildings in Little Rock as well as Benton. I remember visiting this facility on several occasions because my Dad's older brother had a stroke in 1945 and after the family could not care for him at home he spent most of the next three years in the hospital in Little Rock where he died in 1948. It was not a "pretty sight." There was little hope for improvement and the care was pitiful! Hope this helps. If you want to, you may write to me. Sincerely, Milton Davis May I grew up in Rose Bud and graduated from Rose Bud High School in 1949 and from the University of Arkansas School of Pharmacy in 1953. I have lived out of state most of the time since then. I now live in the St. Louis, MO area.