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VOL. XXXXV1II NO. 23 - USPS 162-860 KENANSV1LLE. NC 28349 JUNE 6. 1985 16 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX
? Donations For Kenansville
Child Channeled To Greenville
Ronald McDonald House
Hie $24,440.66 has been presented
to Children Services of Eastern
North Carolina Inc.
Donations made to help save the
life of a Kenansville baby will be
given to a Ronald McDonald House
planned in Greenville.
The house will give families of
other severely ill children a place to
stay ? close to the hospital where a
sick child is being treated.
Ashley Nicole Quinn of Kenans
ville died in January 1984 when she
was only six months old and several
ounces shy of the weight she needed
to reach to survive a liver transplant.
Ashley, the daughter of Joey and
Barbara Quinn of Kenansville, had
biliary atresia ? blockage of the bile
duct ? which allowed poisoning bile
to remain in her liver.
After a Raleigh television station
publicized her need for a liver, the
local community responded with
fundraising ? initially to find an
organ donor and pay for the opera
tion. But Ashley died only 45 days
after the fundraising began.
In a press conference last week,
Woody Brinson, chairman of the
Ashley Quinn Trust Fund, presented
the remaining $24,440.66 in the fund
to Kathy Brown, a representative of
Children Services of Eastern North
Carolina, Inc., a private non-profit
corporation that will operate the
Ronald McDonald House.
The money will go toward con
struction of a 20-bed Ronald Mc
Donald House in Greenville. The
facility will be funded by $200,000
from McDonald's Corp. and
$800,000 from other sources. Con
struction should begin in July and be
completed within nine months.
The house will offer shelter to the
families of severely ill children who
are being treated at nearby Pitt
Memorial Hospital. While parents of
cancer patients will most often be
served, the beds will be available to
families of children with other severe
illnesses, Ms. Brown said.
Brinson said about $30,000 was
raised for Ashley. Some of the
money was spent for expenses
related to the child's illness, he said.
The remaining money has collected
^uiterpst in an account as the 'ooard
the Ashley Quinn Trust Fund looked
for a suitable use.
Mrs. Quinn said she wanted the
money used for something that
would help other area families with
sick children.
"I appreciate everything from
everyone," she said. "I knew people
from this area were good people, but
I don't know they cared enough to
come to the aid of a stranger. A lot of
them didn't know us."
A plaque probably will be placed
in the Ronaid McDonald House ack
nowledging the community support
for the Kenansville child, Brinson
said.
^ Drawing Of Ronald McDonald Houso
Winery Planned
" - Duplin Wine Cellars has formed a
new corporation to buikl a tourist
? , Iwiaery on Interstate -flS jp lo^n^n
County.
Called Southland Estate Winery,
a the attraction will be on 23.4 acres on
IP the interstate overlooking an eight
acre lake about a mile south of
Selma. The winery will feature tours
of the vineyards, a plantation house
with wooden tanks, a hospitality and
tasting area, and a cellar.
According to a company
announcement, Southland will be
separate from Duplin Wine Cellars
and is incorporated as Carolina
Winery Inc. Its charter allows the
Oi sale of 20,000 shares of common
stock, initially priced at $50 per
share. About 12,000 shares have
been pledged.
. Q-.up.Uj^_<ixecyj^ves have been
working on tnc plan since July 1983,
visiting tourist-related wineries in
New York and California.
The winery will not compete with
those in New York, California or
Europe, the Duplin directors said,
but will feature wines made from the
native North Carolina muscadine
grapes.
Jeffery Charles Randall of Larch
mont, N.Y., has been appointed
winemaker. He has a master's
degree in food science from North
Carolina State University.
David Fussell, president of Duplin
Wine Cellars, will be chief adminis
trative officer.
Chinquapin Water Association
Seeks Users For Proposed Project
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After spending 18 months explor
ing ways to develop a rural water
system, residents of the unincor
porated community of Chinquapin
are happy more than S3 million in
loans and grants have been lined up.
The catch is that at least 1,025
future users must sign up before
July 31 and pay an initial $50 fee or
the project will fail. Beginning June
1, at least a dozen volunteers plan to
scour the countryside for signatures
and fees.
With a SI.4 million loan and a
$1,634,800 grant from the Farmers
Home Administration, residents of
Chinquapin area have a good chance
of seeing the completion of a
$3,074,800 community rural water
system.
However, local residents must
raise $40,000 toward the project,
which planners say will require fees
and signatures from at least 1,025
members. The $50 fees paid in
advance will cover tap-on fees when
the project is completed.
If residents choose to connect to
the water system after the system is
installed, the tap-on fee will be $460.
The key to, the project's overall
success, however, is getting the
signatures and fees of 1,025 future
users within the next two months,
planners say. Without that minimum
number of participants and tees
before July 31, the loans for th??
water proposal will be forfeited.
The $1.4 million FmHA loan is for
40 years at an interest rate of 7.5
percent.
The proposed 72-mile system, de
signed by McDavid Associates of
Farmville, is expected to serve
homes between the Northeast Cape
Fear River and Jackson's Cross
roads. Its design includes two wells,
two pumps and two elevated tanks.
A user's minimum monthly bill is
estimated to be $7.70, using 2,000
gallons of water.
Members who sign up before July
31 and pay the $50 pre-construction
fee would be able to get their money
back should the project fail for any
reason.
Designated sign-up representa
tives and their areas are:
Area 1 - Trilbia Cottle. Route 1,
Box 139A, Beulaville, NC 28518.
285-5354.
Area 2 - Carlo Lanier, Route 1, Box
24, Chinquapin, NC 28521. 285-5759
Area 3 - Yvonne Sandlin, Route 1,
Box 11, Chinquapin, NC 28521.
285-4634
Area 4 - Danny Brown, Route 1,
Box 263-A, Chinquapin, NC 28521.
324-4712 - or - Rubin Jones, Route 1,
Box 285, Chinquapin, NC 28521.
324-3782
Area 5 - Danny Brown, Route 1,
Box 263-A, Chinquapin, NC 28521.
324-4712 - or - Rubin Jones, Route 1,
Box 285, Chinquapin, NC 28521.
324-3782.
Area 6 - Doris Hatcher, Route 1,
Box 51. Chinquapin, NC 28521.
285-5744
Area 7 - Danny Brown. Route 1,
Box 263-A, Chinquapin, NC 28521.
324-4712 - or - Rubin Jones. Route 1,
Box 285, Chinquapin, NC 28521.
214-3782
Area 8 - Roma Kenan, Route 1,
Box 367-D, Chinquapin, NC 28521.
286-3687.
Area 9 - Rubin Jones, Route 1, Box
285, Chinquapin, NC 28521.
324-3782. - or - Danny Brown, Route
1, Box 263-A, Chinquapin, NC
28521.324-4712.
Area 10 - Roger Whaley, Route 1,
Box 320, Chinquapin, NC 28521.
285-5694.
Area 11 - Helen James. Route 2,
Box 268. Wallace. NC 28466.
285-2912
Area 12 - Carlo Lanier, Route 1,
Box 24, Chinquapin, NC 28521.
285-5759.
Chinquapin Area - Dominic
Guidani. Route 1, Box 9, Chin
quapin, NC 28521. 285-3278.
James Kenan High Names Marshals
The 1985 James Kenan High School marshals are
pictured above, left to right, seated, Darla Brock, Chief
Trudi Williams, Gina Herring and Kelly Blanchard;
standing, Michael Brinsor, Michael Chestnutt, Mary
Grice, Doris Williams, Jeff Houston and Michael
Jones. The marshals will escort the 1985 graduating
class during commencement exercises in Kenan
Memorial Auditorium June 7 in Kenansville.
Officials Ask School
Head About Letters
The Dilplin County Commis
sioners Monday questioned L.S.
? Guy,, superintendent of Duplin
County Schools, about a letter
writing campaign asking the com
missioners to put a larger share of
the county budget into the school
system.
The county school board has asked
for a fiscal 1985-86 budget of
$3,314,000, an increase of $631,000
or 23 percent over that for the
current year.
The requested budget increase
equals 9.6 cents per $100 property
tax levy. For each penny of addi
tional property tax, the county reaps
an additional $65,988.
The school board has not asked fur
a tax increase, but for greater share
of the county's tax revenue. School
officials have not suggested what
items in the county budget should be
cut to make up the increase.
Three-term Commissioner Bill
Costin said he was upset, because he
had worked to help children mapy
years, and "1'nf ready u: kfek ft fa
referendum. My priorities have
always put schools first.
"I've had four children that went
through Duplin County schools and
all have gone to college. We've done
the best we can with the resources
we have," Costin told Guy.
"We have to sit here and look at
reality. . .what the people want.
We're not getting the feeling that
they want a tax increase," Costin
said. "The Constitution says that
education should be equal, but it's
not equal. And it won't be until the
state takes over."
"We're the number-one agricul
tural county in the state, and things
never looked as bleak as they do
now," Costin said. "We don't have
other industries to take up the
slack."
Commissioner Allen Nethercutt
said he got about 100 letters about
school funding, and "there was not
five words difference in them."
Nethercutt said "95 percent" of the
letters were from teachers or other
people employed by the county
school system.
"We hear that if you don't get
everything you want, you're going to
sue us," Nethercutt said. "We get
these carbon copies of letters and I
think it's pretty silly. We've gone as
hard as we could, and if you want to
sue, if you feel froggy and want to
jump, go ahead."
Guy said the county school system
needs more money to cover operat
ing expenses. He said the school
system tried to mount a positive
campaign for more money, and
apologized about any negative
'?aspec'j of the campaign
Also Monday, no taxpayers
showed up at the county's board of
equalization and review meeting at
9:15 a.m., at which Tax Supervisor
Frank Moore gave a listing of in
creased taxes.
The increase in the value of real
property in Duplin County in the past
year amounted to 3.7 percent of
$9,211,177. The total value of real
property as of Dec. 31. 1984, in the
county is $726.481,848.
Commissioner Nethercutt said he
was getting a lot of complaints about
overvalued tobacco-curing barns.
The problem, he said, is that
property valuations were set eight
years ago and the county must stick
to them until revaluation next year.
House Fire
Trial Begins
Jury selection began Monday in
the trial of Melvin Guy Williams,
former head of the Duplin County
Democratic Party.
Williams, a Beulaville resident,
was charged earlier this year with
fraudulently setting fire to a dwell
ing, making a false statement to
collect insurance, and conspiracy to
set fire to a dwelling in a fire that
burned down his house on Oct. 3,
1977.
The jury is being bused in from
Onslow County.
New Surgeon Locates
In Duplin County
Dr. Ronald Dietrick, M.D. has
joined the Duplin Surgical Asso
ciation practice in Kenansville.
Dietrick and his wife are former
missionaries of the Southern
Presbyterian Church. The couple
served 26 years in South Korea
where Dr. Deitrick was involved in
the practice of general surgery, and
in the development of the Kwangju
Christian Hospital, now a 430-bed
facility. During his involvement with
Kwangju, Dietrick served nine years
as the hospital director. Mrs.
Dietrick also worked in the hospital
as the director's secretary and as an
interpreter for patients not speaking
Korean.
A native of Virginia, Dietrick
attended Dtvidson College. He
graduated in 1949 after an enlist
ment in the Navy. Leaving Davidson,
Dietrick entered the University of
Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
While he was attending the school of
medicine, Dietrick's wife was
employed at the University to teach
modern dance. Mrs. Dietrick is a
native of Lenoir County and she
attended Woman's College, now the
University of North Carolina at
Greensboro, and obtained a major in
physical education and modern
dance.
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After graduation, the Dietricks
moved to Richmond where Dr.
Dietrick did his internship at the
Medical College of Virginia Hospital.
Following the internship, Dietrick
completed a four-year residency in
general surgery at McGuire
Veteran's Hospital. Leaving
Richmond, the Dietricks began their
work as missionaries in South Korea.
The couple returned from South
Korea earlier this year, and Dr.
Dietrick accepted the temporary
position as assistant clinical profes
sor of surgery at the East Carolina
University School of Medicine.
"The move to Kenansville pro
vided an opportunity to continue in
the clinical practice of surgery, with
direct contact with patients,"
Dietrick said. His association with
the ECU School of Medicine con
sisted primarily of teaching stu
dents.
"Dr. Dietrick's experience as a
general surgeon will be a great asset
to the community and Duplin
General Hospital." said Dr. Oscar
Redwine, M.D. "I am pleased to
welcome him to Duplin Surgical
Association and look forward to
working with him."
The Dietricks will reside in
Kenansville.