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PAGE TWO I—SECTION TWO " County News 1 By MRS. ROLAND EVANS I r The Chowan Home Demonstra tion Club met Monday after noon, June 10, at 3 o’clock. Mrs. C. J. Hollowell presided and read Scripture from Matthew, Isaiah and John. The group j prayed The Lord’s Prayer in j unison. A demonstration, “Skillet Onej Dish Meals,” was given by the; foods leader and leaflets on dis- j ferent recipes were distributed.; Six members and one visitor ■were present. Plans were dis cussed for the Christmas Festi val. A club picnic was plan ned for July 18 at 7 o’clock at the Club House. Each member is requested to take a picnic lunch and invite a guest. Mrs. Minnie Corprew was hos tess for the meeting. The Rev. Ralph Harrell was guest minister at Rocky Hock Church Sunday morning. The Rev. Robert Harrell of Nashville, Tenn., will 4 be guest minister next Sunday at Rocky Hook. Mrs. T. W. Allred is getting along nicely at Chowan Hospi tal following an operation. Edsel King visited relatives and friends in the county re cently. The Rev. and Mrs, Robert Har rell and children are visiting Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Harrell and other relatives. The Rev. and Mrs. Ralph Har rell and children are at home with Mrs. Mary Harrell. Mrs. Nelia Bunch of Tyner is sick at home after injuring her hip in an accident. Mrs. B. P. Monds of Tyner, Mrs. Marvin Evans of Edenton, Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt of Edenton attended Farm Home Week at State College in Raleigh last week. Mr. and Mrs. Danny Nixon,' LESS 20% DISCOUNT ON ALL SUMMER FURNITURE Gliders Comfortable Pieces For * d Your Porch, Patio or Chaise Outdoor Garden See Our Window Display Folding Chairs Save Money... Buy Today! in^“ m o Edenton FurniturejCo. . Mrs. Florine Nixon and Miss \ Nancy Spivey went to Florida last week. Danny Nixon left recently to be stationed at an Air Force base in Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. John Bunch and! Hazel visited Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward Evans Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Lillie Saunders spent j Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ed j ward Evans. Miss Becky Harrell is visiting ! relatives in Tennessee, j Lloyd Wayne Evans, Kay ; Bunch, Gene Harrell and Ester j Layton went to Nags Head re cently. Mr. and Mrs. Hawk Crummey and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Junius Britton spent the week end in the mountains and Wash ington, D. C. Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Nixon visited Mrs. Roland Evans Sat urday night. Miss Aleta Meadows had a tonsillectomy at Chowan Hospi ; tal Friday. J Chowan Home Demonstration- Club picnic was scheduled fori ; Tuesday night, July 18, at the! Club House at 7 o’clock. | There will be a Boy and! Brotherhood meeting in Eliza-J beth City Monday night. Mrs, Effie Evans, Mr. Perry! i and Roland Evans visited Mr.' . and Mrs. Edward Evans Sunday night. Mrs. Willie Bunch, Mrs. Bris ; toe Perry and Mrs. John Perry 1 visited Mrs. Lester Copeland in Norfolk General Hospital and Mrs. Gertrude Driggs and Mrs. ; Dixie Nixon at Portsmouth on Friday. ; Melvin Forehand, Carolyn and ■ Richard visited Mrs. John Perry Saturday. The Enterprise Development , organization and 4-H Club held i a picnic at Sandy Point Beach Thursday evening. Mrs. Lester Copeland is doing i nicely in Norfolk General Hos , I pital following an operation. ~ THE CKOWax? HERALD. EDENTON. NORTH CAROLINA, TffffRSDAY, JULY 20, 1981. Tenant Farming Lowest On Record A steep decline in tenant farming has been one of the significant developments in the sweeping changes that have been taking place 'in American agri culture over the last two dec ades. The 1959 Census of Agri culture indicates that the num ber of farms operated by ten ants declined by almost 700,000 in the Fifties on top of a de crease of some 900,000 in the Forties. A Soul Winning Clinic will be| held each evening at Rocky j Hock Church, July 24-28 at 8> o’clock, as preparation for re-; vival. John Hollowell Dies In Raleigh Hospital John R. Hollowell, 72, died Thursday night at 8:30 o’clock in a Raleigh hospital after an ill ness of 20 years. A retired farmer, he was a native of Gates County, but lived in Cho wan County 20 years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Louise Parker Hollowell; seven sons, John R. Hollowell and Ronald L. Hollowell, in the U. S. Army, David M. Hollowell of South Norfolk, Paul P. Hollo well of Newport News, Raymond W. Hollowell, Haywood E. Hol lowell and Colon P. Hollowell of Roanoke Rapids; a daughter, Mrs. Louise Twisdale of Hamp ton, Va., and 10 grandchildren. He was a veteran of World War I and member of Warwick Baptist Church, where funeral services were held Sunday as C*&666 : As a result, tenant farming > currently represents only about t a fifth of all farms, the lowest t ratio on record going back to 1880. It was double this pro-, portion a generation ago. A; ■ particularly large decline has I ■ occurred among the sharecrop-l pers in the South, who in 1959 i added up to only about a third of the 1950 total and little more than a fifth of the number in 1940. :| temoon at 3 o’clock. The Rev. J ■ j John D. Hemingway of Cora !jpeake officiated and burial was] ! in the family cemetery in Cho wan County. BERTIE NATIVE DIES [Claude Kitchin Peele, 56, died in DePaul Hospital, : Norfolk, Sunday morning at 2:45 o’clock ' after an illness of two years. 1 He was a native of Bertie Coun ty and up until his illness was a * self-employed contractor and ■ carpenter. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Tillie P. Peele; his moth ■ er, Mrs. Ruth Pratt Peele; four, J brothers, L. R. Peele, Calvin: Peele and William Peele of Nor ’ folk and Merritt Peele, in the U. S. Army, stationed in Oki nawa. He was a member of Cole rain Baptist Church and a vet eran of World War 11, serving ’ in the Army Medical Corps. Funeral services were held at the Colerain Baptist Church on 1 Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock.! : The pastor, the Rev. Trent * Bruce, officiated and burial was ' in Hillcrest Cemetery at Cole-! rain. Home Cooking “Is your husband fond of: home cooking?” “Yes, we are now taking our i meals at a restaurant that makes a specialty of it.” Thousands Came Last Week SAVINGS ARE TERRIFIC! SHOP! SAVE! DURING BELKTYLER’S 1 T ' 1 ♦♦ ■ ' ' 7, . , , j T | TTJ H 1 WUU2 ii ♦ ‘ » i i i IT | T TT 4 l 1111 | TT ' T T ' fp ■< 41 ❖ Thousands of Thrifty Shoppers flocked to Beik-Tyler’s the first day of our sale... Everyone was more than pleased with the many outstand ing money-saving bargains... Ted aH your friends and neighbors about this great sale and hurry down tomorrow... YouH save and save on every item! This is positively our greatest salenf the year! SPECIAL PURCHASE SUPER SPECIALS DRASTIC REDUCTIONS SENSATIONAL VALUES ALL SUMMER STOCK MUST GO! 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