Scott County Times from Forest, Mississippi • 18

SCOTT COUNTY TIMES Forest, Wednesday, February 2t. WS from Louisville $29,950.91, down from Magee $18,110.97, up from MendenhaU $10,503.15, down from Mize $627.01, down from Newton $12,646.88, up from Pelahatchie $3,563.97, up from Philadelphia $30,707.40, up from Polkville $122.27, down from Raleigh $4,101.57, down from Sylvarena $150.11, up from Taylorsville $6,463.49, up from Union $8,499.40, up from Walnut Grove $903.55, down from $1,094.32. I Sales Tax Report Up In 3 Cities Three of Scott county's municipalities, Morton, Lake and Sebastopol, showed gains in sales tax collections in January compared to a year ago. Forest was down for the month, from $24,853.72 in 1974 to $23,424.15 in 1975. Morton reported $11,672.67, up from $10,643.80 in January, 1974; Lake collections were $747.37, up from $342.93, and Sebastopol collections were $1,146.35, up from $1,010.03.

Other reports included: Bay Springs $10,749.71, up from Brandon $12,055.73, up from Carthage $19,317.67, up from Hazlehurst $15,941.18, down from Hickory $1,245.90, down from Lena $378.76, down The Pueblo, the ship that became internationally famous after Communists in January, 1968. The crew of 82 spent 33S days in prison it was seized by North Korean barracks. (Continued from page one) the Month for the 101st Airborne Artillery Division at Ft Campbell, Ky he is a fire direction computer operator and Army Private First Class Terry W. Dennis, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Harold F. Dennis, of route one, Forest, received a Parachutist Badge upon completion of the three-week airborne course at the U. S. Army Infantry School at Ft Benning, Ga. PRIZE MONEY totaling $4,000 will be offered in the first annual Have-A-Heart Fishing Classic on the Barnett Reservoir April 26 the tournament is sponsored by the six bass clubs in the Jackson area, and proceeds will go to the Mississippi Heart Association The Forest Bass Club had a tournament Saturday with the Barnett Bassmasters, who won by a pound score of 72-8 against 42-7 there were 14 from each club participating Ed (Froggie) Gray was tops among the Forest fishermen, with nine bass weighing 14-13 he was third overall in the tourney Doyle Brantley with 9-4 was second in the Forest group and fourth overall he had the lunker, 4-11.

ALTHOUGH they were eliminated in the District 6B cage tourney, the Sebastopol girls placed two on the all-star team, Denise Shaw and Beverly Brown Robert Thompson, chairman of Scott county sales of U. S. Series and Savings bonds, said December sales were $10,300, making the year's total $183,516 104.9 per cent of the $175,000 quote At the Rotary meeting last week, John D. Adams, of Deposit Guaranty Plaza, described the new Deposit Guaranty building in Jackson which is to be completed soon the 115-million structure will rise 22 stories and contain nearly 400,000 square feet of total area program chairman was A. Morris Joe Scales entered St.

Dominies Hospital Tuesday for tests, and possible surgery. For a heart-healthy diet, eat foods low In saturated fat and cholesterol. This means less beef and other meats and whole milk products, and more fish, poultry and fresh vegetables. Ask your local Heart Association for more information. I.I.I TTfJ.I.I.I.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 1 )f 4 imimtlllimiTTTll 1 1 Closing Dates Are Listed By Chamber The Forest Chamber of Commerce Local Trade Committee set the following as closing dates for 1975: Independence Day Friday, July 4th Labor Day Monday, September 1 Thanksgiving Day Thursday, November 27th Christmas Day Thursday Friday, December 25 26 New Years Thursday, January 1, 1976.

Annual Christmas Parade is scheduled for Friday, December 5th; theme will be an "Old Fashioned James Reed, Chairman, would like for the merchants to send suggestions of projects and what type clinics for this committee to work on this calendar year to the Chamber office. uraniininDmmmafr: AUCTION EVERY MONDAY STARTING AT 1 P.M. "WHERE BUYER AND SELLER MEET" MONDAY'S 5ALES Top Hog 41.0 Top Calf 30.15 2uUt Sexidu TVcd Vilify PW 469-f94! 35 Sa 'IT! I'TTTl'TT'fTTTTTTTITTTrTlTT'TTT'r 1 1' I Tl'H'TT'l'. WE BUY AND SELL EVERY DAY TADLOCK STOCKYARDS Hwy. 35 South Ph.

3642 i twiBtrTr---" Korea. "They took off our blindfolds, and then flashed bright lights to make pictures. We were shivering because of the cold, and were shaking our bodies to keep warm. They used the photos later to show how an American trembles when a gun is pointed at him." By bus again, they reached the barracks that would be their home for 335 days. For months their food consisted of turnip root in boiled water, and later rice was added.

During the entire confinement they had two eggs and two apples. They never had meat, and nothing to drink but water. Sometimes they had a little ration of "terrible tasting" boiled fish. All of the men lost weight Duke, by the time he was released, had dropped from 155 to 118 pounds. "We were issued ten cigarettes a day.

I was smoking then but I couldn't cut those loosely rolled Korean cigarettes. So I quit for good. We were in small rooms, four men to a room. Officers were served milk, but otherwise ate the same thing we did." The Communists constantly interrogated the men, and often beat them for refusing to talk. They even resorted to wine to loosen their tongues, but it failed.

"I will admit the men didn't like Commander Bucher much on ship. He was a submariner, and tough. But during the confinement we got a new respect for him. He tried hard for the men, and once he took a beating for me by saying he had done something he knew I had done." Duke had kept a diary, and had a secret place in his room to hide it The Communists knew about it and asked for it He refused to hand it over. 1 1 V.

'J 1 1 mini iim DS DDDGp IT EB(3DuD Then one day one of the Communists came into his room and went straight to the hiding place. He pulled out the diary and shoved it in his face. "They wanted me to confess I was a CIA agent They took my diary, and busted my left eye and left ear drum I am drawing disability for it now." One of his roommates had exposed the hiding place. After his incident with the pistol-wielding Communist, Duke tried to minister to some of his crewmates and even the Communists. "The Koreans would not give us a Bible.

A guard told us the Russians shot God out of the sky and the North Koreans beat him up, and that God was now dead. One of the guards became interested in my story about Christianity and said he would come to America except he knew he would be killed." The North Koreans, Rev. Duke said, are taught to hate the United States. They saw big billboards of President Lyndon Johnson being stabbed in the back by a Korean soldier. The crew of the Pueblo were released because the United States finally acceded to the Communist demands by admitting the ship was in Korean waters, by issuing an apology, and by assuring it wouldn't happen again.

That was over six years ago. Rodney Duke will never forget the horror of the Communist prison. The tortures, the beatings, the ugliness, the starvation, the dirt, the leers on the Communist faces But most intense in his memory is the vision of that soldier with the pistol pressed against his head, and the vow he is so happily fulfilling that he would serve God the rest of his life. Lightweight StqLSAWiVfi power saw tiongM-cily 84 lbs -for easy hanoimg Plenty of powe'. t'4 to anc'e any hofne pro.ect Has ne Sa'ety Switch to fe prevent accidental starts High 5 SCO PPM cutting sceed Cuts 2 at 90.

lVat45J Handles tough too MODEL 534 $24.99 i Rodney Continued From Page One story for the first time, over six years later. Up to now he has declined requests for interviews from press, radio or television, although he has described his experiences in talks at civic clubs and church groups. Anyway there are now three books in circulation about the Pueblo. One of them, "Pueblo My Story," is by Commander Bucher. Another is "Second In Command, by Lieut Ed Murphy, the Pueblo executive officer.

The third is Bridge of No Return." by Lieut Carl Shoemaker, Pueblo administrative officer. Rev. Duke has read all three. "There is a lot of seedy language in Bucber's book but that was the way he talked. He tended to build himself up more than he deserved.

Murphy was always at odds with the commander, and he takes issue with him in the book. But a lot of his accounts are untrue. The Shoemaker book is the best, and most accurate, although not as long." The Pueblo saga began that January day of 1968. But here it from Rodney Duke: "We were in international waters, about 17 miles from Korea, when two PT boats and two subchasers moved in on the Pueblo. We were not flying our flag and the Communists asked for identification.

Instead, Commander Bucher turned the Pueblo toward the deeper water away from Korea. The Communists began firing with 21 -mm cannons. One of our crewmen was killed, then Bucher stopped our ship. "The Communists kept firing with the cannons, and also shot some 45-calibre automatic rifles. Then two MIG planes appeared overhead and they began strafing the Pueblo decks." Did the Pueblo ever fire back? "No.

All we had were two 50-calibre machine guns and they were covered with plastic for protection from salt water. We were shelled from about 10:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. and then they came aboard." Every person aboard, including the commander, was blindfolded. The Americans were made to sit on the well deck of the ship for four hours, exposed to freezing cold.

In the water, it would have taken only three minutes to freeze to death. "In port, they tied our hands together in front, kept us blindfolded, and pushed and pulled us off the ship. We were put on a bus that drove in circles, then to a train. They wouldn't let us sleep, served us hard rice bread and no water." The next day they arrived at i Pyanyang, the capital of North Hlf.Liii,!,i.u.i.uu;j.jj Monuments Wny pay Undertakers end salesmen Percent commission when you can buy direct from a manufacturer. Yew will be better satisfied when yog elect from our display yard.

We have ever 4M monuments for you to select from. Davidson MARBLE GRANITE WORKS Alice Livingston Herron, Mgr. Night PboneMMUl Forest riTIllllTITITITITITl BFuneral ervicesL Robert J. Howard February 19, 1975 Lena Baptist Church Mrs. Nona Tadlock February 23, 1975 Homewood United Methodist Church (For Kuneral Announcements Each Day, listen to WMAG at 11:55 a.m., and WQST, and FOREST CABLE T.

V. at 1:55 p.m.) Roby Williams February 24, 1975 Morton Chapel Ott Lee Funeral Home i 7 rn This picture of Rodney Duke, made by the Communists during his long confinement, was distributed as propaganda that all the prisoners were enjoying themselves. Duke said he never played chess in his life, but that's how they made him pose. lljs vfrx SAVE $7.00 Adjustable variable speed control lets you pre-seiect proper forward speed anywhere from 0-13O0 rpm Dependable 15 hp mctor Double insulated construction for extra operator safety Removable side handle Model 569 Until decent V. 1974 $19.99 3r-Driii TEN YEARS AGO Fay Johnston was honored at a community Girl Scout banquet for her eleven years' service to scouting in Forest II.

rravev was voted best dressed coed at Belhaven Mrs. u. o. Triplett, Jr. was presented a certificate of appreciation from the Middle Miss.

Girl Scout Council Mrs. Dan Thomas, Mrs. Bob Mayo, Mrs. Buster O'Bannon, Mrs. Jack Eady, and Mrs.

C. H. Molpus served as Brownie Scout Leaders. 11 7 fomst. Mississippi "ACE IS THE PLACE WITH THE HELPFUL Plenty 01 Free Parking In Rear Of Store Forest Ph.44-3342.