Events/Activities

Events and Activities

Active In Our Community Eddie Mae Herron Center — A Community Partner
Election "Watch" American Cancer Society Relay For Life	Five Rivers Heritage Month County Fair	Scholarship Program Meet the Candidate




Black History Month: February 2010 *Activities*




Story Telling


Church Service


Learning how to make sausage


Learning how to make bird feeders with pine cones and peanut butter

Guest Speaker	Making quilts


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Making aprons


Slave tags


Learning to butcher a hog.	More bird feeders

African American Preservation Alliance
The African American Preservation Alliance, Inc., a national organization dedicated to identifying and preserving historic African American sites and culture, will be meeting at the Eddie Mae Herron Center on Thursday, August 30 from 10 to 2 to discuss local African American sites for identification and preservation. Their emphasis this year is on cemeteries, especially those where slaves were buried. Anyone who's interested is invited to attend. Goals of the African American Preservation Alliance are: To raise public awareness of the value of African American cultural heritage and historic places throughout the United States and Greater Caribbean. To provide leadership, education and advocacy to revitalize historic African American communities. To encourage the organization of statewide networks and individual membership to increase minority participation in preservation.

Herron Center Active In This Year's Pocahontas Heritage Festival
The Herron Center had a concession stand at Pocahontas' Riverfront Park Saturday June 30 as part of the National Canoe Races being held on the Black and Current Rivers. Barbeque sandwiches, hamburgers, Polish sausage with sautéed onions and green peppers. Yum! We had an open house and quilting demonstration September 29, 2007 as part of the Pocahontas Heritage Festival.

2007 "Hog Killing'" Photos	Click a "thumbnail" below to enlarge the photo. When done, use your browser's back button to return here. [photogallery/photo00000581/real.htm]

Black History Month: February 2007 Co-Sponsored by Eddie Mae Herron Center and Black River Technical College *Activities*
Date/Time	Demonstration/Activity
Friday February 2
7:00 p.m.	The movies "Hoxie" The First Stand" and "Education in Craighead County from 1900-1967 - A Way Out For African-Americans" will be shown at the Herron Center.
Monday February 5 Wednesday February 7
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.	Quilt Show at the Herron Center. Quilts will be displayed and local quilters Mrs. Helen McCarroll, Mrs. Agnes Young and Mrs. Anna Cook will be present to demonstrate quilting. Mrs. Cook will also be available to discuss her recently self published book, The Point, and to sign copies.
Monday February 12 Tuesday February 13 Wednesday February 14
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.	Quilt Show at the Herron Center. Quilts will be displayed and local quilters Mrs. Helen McCarroll, Mrs. Agnes Young and Mrs. Anna Cook will be present to demonstrate quilting. Mrs. Cook will also be available to discuss her recently self published book, The Point, and to sign copies.
Friday February 16
7:00 p.m.	The movies "A Time For Justice - America's Civil Rights Movement", "Mighty Times - The Legacy of Rosa Parks" and "Mighty Times - The Children's March" will be shown at the Herron Center.
Saturday February 17
9:00 a.m. - afternoon	Annual Herron Center "Hog Killin'"...everything but the squeal. Demonstration of old-time hog butchering, cooking of "cracklins", rendering of lard, sausage making. Pot luck lunch at noon.
7:00 p.m.	Gospel Singing at The Randolph Music Theater (old Imperial Theater downtown) as a fund raiser for the Herron Center to help retire the loan on our recently purchased parking lot property. Admission is $5.00 with children under 6 free. Groups will include: Wagon Train Gang Homeward Bound Studio for the Arts Show Choir West Central Acappella Choir (from St. Louis) Jamboree Band Kevin Thomas Newport Community Choir
Monday February 19 Wednesday February 21
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.	Quilt Show at the Herron Center. Quilts will be displayed and local quilters Mrs. Helen McCarroll, Mrs. Agnes Young and Mrs. Anna Cook will be present to demonstrate quilting. Mrs. Cook will also be available to discuss her recently self published book, The Point, and to sign copies.
Thursday February 22
6:30 p.m.	Community Pot Luck dinner at the Herron Center, honoring Mr. Jim Armstead, who will perform the following day (see below). Everyone is invited to bring a dish and come enjoy good food and fellowship.
Friday February 23
7:00 p.m.	At Black River Development Center: A special presentation by Mr. Jim Armstead, a lawyer with a PhD. and a nationally recognized historian and actor. His one man show, presented in period costume, will relive the life of a black Texas Cowboy who was on the trail drive that first developed the Chuck Wagon. Admission is free.
Monday February 26 Wednesday February 28
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.	Quilt Show at the Herron Center. Quilts will be displayed and local quilters Mrs. Helen McCarroll, Mrs. Agnes Young and Mrs. Anna Cook will be present to demonstrate quilting. Mrs. Cook will also be available to discuss her recently self published book, The Point, and to sign copies.
School groups are welcome! To schedule a visit, just call the Center.

Anna Cook Book Signing January 27
The Eddie Mae Herron Center is honored to host a book signing for Mrs. Anna Cook at the Center on January 27, 2007 from 2:00 to 4:00 P.M. Mrs. Cook loves to write and she has recently self published "The Point," a history of the Fairview and New Friendship communities and their rich history and the families who lived there in the past and their descendants who live there today. Mrs. Cook states the reason she wrote "The Point" was because she felt the history of those communities were slipping away and it needed to be captured. Mrs. Cook said she is so appreciative of all the help and support she received from the Fairview and New Friendship residents. She stated that her association with these communities goes back to 1957 when she drove down the road to visit her boyfriend, Ralph Cook, Jr.. They married in 1960. This is the 3rd book on history Mrs. Cook has written. Her first book was published in 1990 and was entitled "Feed Sacks". Mrs. Cook graduated from the Imboden schools and then went onto graduate from Arkansas State University. She taught 3rd grade for 13 years at Black Rock. We invite everyone to join us for a memorable afternoon. Refreshments will be served.

Veterans Day 2006
The Herron Center honored Randolph County military veterans November 11 with a hot meal, a program, and time for fellowship. Bill Carroll and Carol Carroll, both of whom are veterans of military service and Herron Center supporters, told of the history of black Americans in U.S. military history from the pre-revolutionary Boston Massacre up to the present, followed by a reading of a lengthy list of African Americans from Randolph County who have served in the military, including Rodney McCarroll and Cory Ruffin who currently server their country in Iraq.

Randolph County Fair
Stop by the Eddie Mae Herron Center concession stand at the upcoming Randolph County Fair. You know you can count on the Herron Center for great food! For starters, we'll have plate meals with pork barbeque or a turkey leg, slaw, and baked beans!

Annual 4th On The Black
The Herron Center is preparing for our annual participation in the local "4th On The Black" celebration of Independence Day. Be sure to visit the Herron Center booth at Riverside Park July 4 for delicious food and refreshments!

Herron Center Political Speaking and Pie Auction
The Herron Center Candidate Speaking and Pie Auction will be held Friday night, April 28, 2006. "Finger Food Social" will be from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Candidate speaking starts at 7:00. Politicians will be given about 3 minutes each, and pies will be auctioned between speeches.

Black History Month: February 2006 Co-Sponsored by Eddie Mae Herron Center and Black River Technical College *Activities*

Date/Time	Demonstration/Activity
February 2 and 3
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.	Soap Making Demonstration presented by Jerry Hall
February 6, 8 and 10
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.	The Story of Rosa Parks presented by Debbie Beck.
February 13, 15, 17
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.	Quilt Making
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.	Herron Center Tours
February 20, 22
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.	Quilt Making
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.	Herron Center Tours
February 23
6:30 p.m.	Community Potluck Documentary on Education in Craighead County 1900 - 1967 Panel discussion on documentary three people who attended the school: Laura McCarroll Williford, Margaret McCarroll and Sherley Johnson
February 24
6:30 p.m.	The Mule Train: A Journey of Hope Remembered A presentation by Roland Freeman of Washington, D.C. to be held at Black River Technical College
March 4
Beginning at 7:00 a.m.	Community Hog Killing and Lunch After lunch we'll have story telling, singing and dance performance by ACTS III: The Ensemble (pictured to the right =>)

School groups are welcome! To schedule a visit, just call the Center.

January 16, 2006: Martin Luther King Day March
From the Pocahontas Star Herald Photos by Dalton Sullivan Numerous Randolph County residents and Pocahontas school children took part Monday morning in a peaceful march to honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Some of the marchers held signs, and many sang spiritual songs as they walked from the old Wal*Mart on Hwy. 62, to the Eddie Mae Herron Center. At the center, a celebration of Dr. King's life was held with speeches, songs and prayer.

January 2005: Herron Center Sponsors Visit to National Civil Rights Museum
The Herron Center chartered a bus last spring to carry about 35 local people to Memphis to visit the National Civil Rights Museum. The group, ranging in age from school children to over age 90, toured the museum built around the Lorraine Motel, where Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated in 1968.