'jHk i
PROGRESS SENTINEL
*.'V yV ^ji ' u . ..'? * '
i
VOL. XXXXVII NO. 47 USPS 162-860 KENANSVILLE. NC 28349 NOVEMBER 24,1983 12 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
KENANSVILLE JAYCEES SWEEP STATE AWARDS The Kenansville
chapter of the Jaycees were named Number One in the state. The
32-member Kenansville chapter took the top prize over chapters with
memberships of 75 to 1,00. According to Kenansville Jaycee President
^ Woody Brinson, the chapter has gained eight members since May,
bringing the total to 32. The Kenansville Jaycees are pictured with the
mm a ? ?
trophy awarded to the Number One chapter in the state. Along with
chapter honors, members Wade Biddix and Dennis Kirby were named
among the Top Ten Javcees in the state. Biddix was among the Top Ten
First Year Jaycees and Kirby named with the Top Ten Jaycees of more
than one year service.
Kenansville Child May
Need Liver Transplant
Joseph and Barbara Quinn
of Kenansville flew to Min
neapolis last week, where
they hope to learn whether
their 3-month-old daughter,
Ashley, needs a liver trans
plant.
Mrs. yuinn's brother,
Johnny Chestnutt of War
saw. said t-he child has
suffered from jaundice since
birth. When Ashley was
about two months old, a
Goldsboro doctor told the
\
Quinns that the child's liver
may not be functioning
properly, Chestnutt said.
Chestnutt said the child
had undergone tests at N.C.
Memorial Hospital in Chapel
Hill for further tests. ,
Meanwhile, another North
Carolina infant ? nine
month-old Joshua Brooks of
Laurinburg ? is reported in
critical but stable condition
at t|he University of Min
nesota Hospital in Minne
apolis after he received a
new liver.
The Quinns were told re
cently that additional testing
would be necessary. That put
the Quinns on a flight to
Minneapolis from Raleigh
Durham Airport on Tuesday.
The testing is expected to
last about a week, Chestnutt
said.
The Quinns' other daugh
ter, Heather, 5, is staying
with relatives until her family
returns.
Chestnutt said the jaun
dice had weakened Ashley,
hot the child has had no
other health problems.
The Quinns are Duplin
County natives, Chestnutt
said. Quinn, 30, works for his
father at Quinn's Variety
Store in Kenansville and
Barbara, also 30, is per
sonnel manager at Reeves'
Brothers in Kenansville.
If a liver transplant is
needed, a donor must be
found. Chestnutt said.
^ Wiggs Establishes
Scholarship At JSTC
William H. Wiggs, direc
tor of learning resources and
librarian at James Sprunt
Technical College, recently
established the newest
scholarship at the college
^ through the James Sprunt
? Foundation. The B. Hertford
and Ora Herring Wiggs
Scholarship is an endowed
scholarship to be awarded to
a second-year student pur
suing a course of study in the
general education program
ai JSTC. h will provide
tuition for one academic year
to its recipient
Wiggs is establishing the
scholarship in honor of the
memory of his parents. He
said. "This scholarship gives
me a particular sense of
gratification because I know
it will be providing benefits
to those students who will
receive it over the years ?
lasting benefits of a good
education.
The James Sprunt Foun
dation, which administers
student scholarships and
provides other funding for
the support of JSTC's aca
demic programs, is now
midway through their second
annual fund drive. Chairman
Emmett Wickline says,
"Contributions from citizens
and businesses are coming
in, but we still have a good
way to go to reach our goal of
$20,000.'' Wickline
encourages Duplin County
citizens to contribute gener
ously to the fund drive,
which celebrates the
college's 20th year of service
to the community.
Questions regarding
contributions to the Foun
dation should be directed to
Ms. Donna S. Thigpen, exe
cutive director of the foun
dation, at JSTC 296-1341.
, Kenansville Jaycees To Roast
Attorney Vance B. Gavin
The Kenansville Jaycees
will hold a Roast for Attorney
Vance B. Gavin on Tuesday,
Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. at E.E.
I Smith Junior High School in
" Kenansville. Numerous state
and county officials have
been invited to attend.
David T. Phillisps will
serve as the master of cere
monies. Roasters include
Clerk of Superior Court John
A. Johnson. Sheriff T. EI-"
wood Revelle, Assistant
I
District Attorney uewey
Hudson, W.E. (Pot) Craft
and Bruce H. Robinson Jr.
One of the roasters has
indicated that he is looking
forward to this opportunity to
have the upper hand on
Vance. He further indicated
that this event will be long
remembered in Duplin
County
Jaycee President Woody
Brinson stated that this was a
perfect way to start the
second half of the Jaycee
I V-1'J
year for the "Number One"
Javcee chapter in the state.
They appreciate the support
given to them by the local,
state and county officials as
well as the local law en
forcement and attorneys in
making the event possible.
The cost will be $10 per
person and proceeds will go
to the N.C. Boys Home at
Lake Waccamaw and other
Jaycee-sponsored events.
Those attending will be
treated to a banquet supper
consisting of steak with all
the trimmings and an en
tertaining program which
will include a professional
magician.
For further information or
tickets, contact Woody Brin
son at 296-1400, Doc Brinson
at 296-0346. David Phillips at
296-0215 or Carey Wrenn at
296-0134 or mail your check
to the Kenansville Jaycees.
PO Box 490, Kenansville, NC
28349.
\
Body Found
In Magnolia Home
Dr. Lee
Is
Licensed
Robert Hill Savage. 89, of
Route 1, Magnolia, was
found dead in his home last
| Tuesday.
Death was caused by a
ihotgun wound in the chest.
Chief Deputy Glenn Jemigan
>f th<| Duplin County
Sheriff's Department said
the death is being treated as
a homicide. The sheriff's
department called in the
State Bureau of Investiga
tion's mobile laboratory to
investigate the incident. |
?gan said ?> shotgun
was found in the house. The
body was discovered by the
driver of the "meals on '
wheels" program van while '
attempting to deliver a meal !
to Savage, who lived atone.
Dr. Kenneth Lee of Faison
is one of 87 state residents
who received medical li
censes when their cre
dentials were recently en
dorsed by the N.C. Board of
Medical Examiners.
Jaycee Chapter
Chosen No. 1
Nd. 1 in the state. That's
the position of the Kenans
ville Jaycee chapter this
past week.
The chapter received the
honor for the May-October
half of the Jaycees year
during a weekend state Jay
cee meeting in Winston
Salem.
The chapter also received
the No. 1 rating among
Division 2 chapters (from
towns with populations be
tween 850 and 2.500) in the
state for May. June, July.
August and October. It also
received the No. 1 rating in
the Jaycee parade of chap
ters program.
Among the recent projects
that led to the awards were:
? The Lori Mitchell benefit
program for a fourth-grade
student who suffered a
severe injury in May while
playing on a swing. She has
been unconscious since. Her
neck was caught between the
swing chains as they twisted
and she was nearly
strangled.
She was taken to Duplin
General Hospital in Kenans
ville. She is now at home but
has been in a coma since the
accident. The chapter raised
more than SS.OOO for the
family with bake sales and
other projects. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Larry Mitchell of Kenans
ville.
? The Rick Burke benefit
program. Burke btoke his
back in a diving accident
when he was 17 and has been
paralyzed since. While in
Guardian Care Nursing
Home in Kenansville, he
suffered severe depression
and Jaycee members began
visiting him and taking him
to their meetings, and he
joined the chapter. The
chapter helped him enter a
broadcasting school and later
helped him enroll in Cali
fornia Western University
law school in San Dieeo.
? The Violet Byrd benefit
program for a toxic shock
syndrome victim.
? A career development
program in the Pender
County correctional unit in
Burgaw the Kenansville
chapter organized, along
with a Jaycee chapter in the
Duplin County correctional
unit near Kenansville.
? Jaycee chapter in Wal
lace launched by the Kenans
ville chapter.
The Kenansville chapter
has 32 members, with
Woody Brinson as president.
Dennis Kirby and Carey
Wrenn, vice presidents;
Ronnie James. Bob Bowen.
secretary, and Dean
Teachey. Randy Hammonds.
Joey Reynolds and Wade
Biddtx. directors. and
Charles Sharpe. chaplain.
Brinson said the idea be
hind Jaycees is to help the
community and individuals
in the chapter. "Our projects
not only help the community
but the individual Jaycees as
well." he added.
Squads Demonstrate
Gear At Beulaville
Rescue squads of the nine
county Neuse River Council
of Governments area demon
siraieu equipment oeiore
legislators in Beulaville
Wednesday night.
Bob Quinn, assistant di
rector of Neuse River COG,
said since 1974 the state has
appropriated $309,000 for
emergency services equip
ment in the region. The state
money had to be match: ?* by
local funds. The volunteer
units nave purcnasea
$618,000 worth of equipment
through the state matching
fund program, he said.
Quinn said there are 2.500
emergency medical techni
cians in the area, which
includes Duplin. Onslow.
Lenoir. Jones, Pamlico.
Craven. Cartert-fv Wayne
iinrl ( ifppn 'hi m I ioc
To demonstrate the effects
of inflation, a 1966 ambu
lance that cost $5,000 was
shown by the Faison Rescue
Squad and a 1983 ambulance
that cost $21,741 was shown
by the Beulaville squad.
Bland Simpson To
Present Program
Bland Simpson is a tale
spinner and his mediums are
his written words and his
piano.
Collaborating on the off
Broadway musical "Dia
mons Studs" about the life
and times of Jesse James,
and several other musical
plays, Simpson has authored
his first novel, "Heart of the
Country." At the Friends of
the Library meeting on Nov.
29. Simpson will both read
his words and play his piano
to tell his stories.
The meeting will begin at
7:30 p.m. and will include a
brief business session and
the installation of 1983-84
officers. Following
Simpson's presentation, re
freshments will be served.
There is no admission
charge. The program is suit
able for families.
Simpson. a former
recording artist, now teaches
writing at the University of
North Carolina. He is being
brought by the Friends of the
Library and the Duplin Arts
Council.
^es Snr
; ^
20000
15000 ^ 17500 -
?. 12,300 I
10,000
7500
5,000 __
12.500 I
J BH
?20020TH?"^TCS "
WIGGS MAKES SCHOLARSHIP GIFT TO JSF - Dr. Carl
D. Price. JSTC president (left) and Emmett Wickline. fynd
drive chairman, right, incept a check from William Wig^s.
JSTC librarian, endowing the B. Hertford and Ora Herring
Wiggs scholarship, which will provide tuition for a
second-year general education student at the college.