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PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
Thursday, January
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Texas Set For Waterfowl Conference
In Washington January 13 And 14
AUSTIN—As the smoke begins
clearing away from the 1954 wa-
terfowl season, talks are being
readied in Washington looking
ahead to future harvests.
And Howard D. Dodgen, the
Executive Secretary of the Texas
Game and Fish Commission will
take part in Capitol discussions
January 13 and 14 which will be
conducted by the United States
Fish and Wildlife Service.
The Executive Secretary will
represent, among other agencies,
the International Association of
Game, Fish and Conservation Com-
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missioners, of which he is presi-
dent.
The Washington session will be
presided over by John Farley,
chief of the Fish and Wildlife Ser-
vice.
The Executive Ssecretary said
a prominent part in the two-day
program will be taken by the
representatives of the different fly-
ways. The flyway contributions to
the affair will be funneled through
the National Flyway Council, of
which the Executive Secretary is
a former chairman.
“The Washington conference is
another one in the series to co-
ordinate the efforts of the State,
National and International agen-
cies toward refining waterfowl
management procedures.” said the
Executive Secretary.
“Plans already laid at previous
sessions, since the flyway council
program was inaugurated, are ex-
pected to be broadener. And we
will go ahead in the effort to put
the states.’ effort behind the Fed-
eral program. Thus manpower and
know-how all along the line will be
harnessed up to get the job done.
The Executive Secretary said
the comparatively new joint pro-
gram between the Federal agency
and the 3tate groups, as combined
in the Flyway Councils, already
has shown progress through stan-
dardized procedures and, in some
cases, improved regulations.
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N N A ‘ R
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... BY GEORGE
To Enjoy A Sport, Know The Game;
Here's The History Of The Basketball Game
Basketball is in full swing: at the local schools this week
with the High School Sharks, High School Sharkettes, and
the Junior High School Hornets all taking on district 27-A
opposition. Basketball will continue to be in local sports
spotlight until the 21 day of February.
This week’s “Slants On Local Sports” column will at-
tempt to give you a short history of the game of basketball.
We realize that many fans and players know little of the
game’s origin and history. It is our belief that the more one
knows about a game or sport the more interested he be-
comes. It is our sincere hope that this short history has
he same effect upon our readers.
Basketball was first introduced
During the first year of a child’s
life he grows more rapidly than at
any other time.
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in 1892 by Dr. James A. Naismith,
its inventor. Dr. Naismith and a
Dr. Gubik decided there should be
game that could be played in-
doors in the evening and during
the winter season. Dr. Naismith
decided that in all team games
some kind of a ball was used. The
next step was to secure a goal
through which the ball could be
passed. The first goal which was
placed above the players heads was
two peach baskets, one at each end
of a playing floor. Then rules were
made to eliminate roughness such
as shouldering, pushing, kicking,
etc. The ball could only be handled
by the hands. The ball was put in
play by tossing it between and
above two selected players in the
middle of the playing floor. The
first ball used was a soccer ball.
Twelve of Dr. Naismith’s 13 orig-
inal rules are still in use today.
Basketball was first played with
seven men on a side, then nine,
then eight and finally the present
five. At one time the game con-
sisted of three periods of 20 min-
utes each, now it is four quarters
of from six to 10 minutes each
considering the age group play-
ing. Goals from the field once
counted three points, now two.
Basketball, popular from the
night it was introduced, was play-
ed in more than 75 countries be-
fore World War II. The extent of
basketball’s popularity in foreign
countries is shown by the fact that
the world’s record crowd for a
single game was established in
Peiping, China in 1931, where a
three-night tournament attracted
over 70,000 customers.
Yale and Pennsylvania were the
pioneer colleges to adopt the game
as a major sport. Today prep
schools, high schools, and grammer
schools are represented by tens of
thousands of teams of both boys
and girls. There are many local,
regional, state and national basket-
ball tournaments played in the
United States each year. Today, it
has become the most popular game
Hornets Lose To
Louise Juniors
The Palacios Junior High School
Hornets were defeated by the
Louise Junior High Hornets in a
district basketball game here last
Monday night.
Louise got off to a fast start as
Coach Charles Shreve emptied his
bench in an effort to find a win-
that is played on earth.
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The modern (1955) game of
basketball may be seen at the
new Junior High School Gym
several nights a week. Won’t you
be one of the fans enjoying this
popular sport.
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We like for our readers of this
column to sends us items pertain-
ing to sports or otherwise that
they think might be enjoyed by
others. The following item came
from L. K. Jeeker of our city.
Here’s to the Double Petunia, a
flower something like the begonia.
But the begonia is a sausage, and a
sausage and battery is a crime.
Monkeys crime trees and trees a
crowd. A rooster crows at day-
break, which makes a noise.
You like horses? Then why don’t
you sleep in the stable, be careful
else you may catch a colt from the
draft horse and end up in the
horsepital with Double Petunia.
LT. WM. LLOYD QUEEN
POST NO. 2467
VETERANS
OF FOREIGN WARS
Meets First and Third Tuesday
Nights at 8 P. M. at V. F. W. Hall.
All visitors are welcome.
M. R. Kelley, Commander
J. V. Ottino, Adjutant
ning combination. Bezdek and Hoff-
man led Louise to their 27 to 14
victory over Palacios. Berny Kesz-
ler was top scorer for the locals
with five points.
Palacios won the “B” game 21
to seven with Robert Diaz, and
Kenneth Meeker leading the way.
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POST NO. 47b
AMERICAN LEGICE
Meets Second and Fourth Thursday
Nights at 8 P.M. at V. F. W. Hall
L. A. House, Commander
Winfred Johnson, Adjutant
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Directly. Taxes paid by the petroleum in-
dustry to support all agencies of the State Govern-
ment, including schools, old age assistance, and
welfare institutions, totaled $170 million in 1954,
more than a third of all the taxes collected by the
State. And, in addition, the industry pays millions
in other taxes to counties, school districts, and
municipalities.
Indirect profits are even greater. Industry
employees receive and spend about $350 million
a year; royalty and lease payments to landowners
add up to $500 million. Most of this money passes
promptly into trade channels.
As a result, you’ll find oil dollars on every
balance sheet in Texas and in every bank account,
including your own.
... But you can’t figure profits in money
alone.
The chief profit from the production of oil
and natural gas rests in what these fuels do: In
the miles you cover with your car... in heat for
your home ... in the usefulness of articles made
from petroleum hydrocarbons ... in the power
that moves long trains across the continent and
turns the wheels of the large industrial plants.
This profit Texans share with all Amer-
icans. It is reflected in the American standard of
living, which is the world’s highest; and it pro-
vides a dividend of national security, because a
well developed, efficiently operated petroleum
industry is one of the major
resources in the U. S. arsenal {|(jiSVli$LE
for national defense.
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