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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1972)
. . f g ..:■ . Page 6 College Station, Texas Wednesday, January 5, 1972 THE BATTALIC Annual outdoors exposition opens Saturday in Houston’s Astroha Under cover of what might be termed the “holiday fog,” the huge armada of the Houston In ternational Boat, Sport, and Tra vel Show has sort of slipped up on its public this year. tion opens Jan. 8, bigger and better than ever before if space sales, exhibits, and entertainment items are an indication. It doesn’t seem “time” for the boat show, but the first yachts are already moving into Astro- hall, the very first one a Grand Banks cruiser of classic Nova Scotia lines. Due to work completed on the interior of Astrohall, the show will have a full 15 acres of air- conditioned exhibit space, and as usual it will be filled "to capacity with boats and outdoor equip ment from around the world. The nine-day outdoors exposi- But no two Houston shows are ever the same, due to the con stantly changing and redesign ing of boats, tackle, offtrail ve hicles, etc. and also because the sponsoring Boating Trade Assn, of Metropolitan Houston each year seems to come up with an other new idea or so to make the show informative and entertain ing as well as merely the world’s largest equipment exhibit. This year the “new idea” is a dual purpose one designed to give weary show trodders a com fortable place to rest and relax between forays across the 15 acres of Astrohall. And while they’re resting, they’ll be treat ed to boating, fishing and adven ture films from around the world at the boat show’s new “Adven ture Film Theatre.” Beautiful hostesses at the film theatre and “hospitality area” will be contestants in the annual Miss Mermaid Beauty Pageant, a contest which this year has national significance in that the winner of the boat show pageant will automatically be qualified to compete for the “Miss Texas Universe” title, one of the offi cial preliminaries of the U.S.A. contest. One of the show’s most popu lar attractions last year, the Hunting and Fishing Informa tion Center, will also be bigger and better this year taking in most of the North Lobby of As trohall. This is the area in which ex pert fishermen, guides, shippers, etc. offer personal advice and in formation on everything from where to camp and launch a boat to how to catch a bass. Most of the coast’s most famous fishing guides appear at least one night at one of the various exhibits which include those of the major lakes (Sam Rayburn, Toledo B e n d, Livingston, Somerville, Canyon, etc.) as well as the major saltwater fishing and re sort areas from Galveston to Port Mansfield. The heart of the boat of course, is boats . . . hui of them from seagoing sai to flybridge fishing cruisenl cartop canoes. The Hoti|j| Show has become in ^ol. famous for its blending of i,. Coast-West Coast and "Mij Texas” boating designs, dealers and boating experts around the world come to ton every year to pentf newest designs all under roof. stamps A RESOLUTION VOUU BE GLAD TO KEEP. SAVE IN '72 TOP OUAUTV MEATS ARE A SOURCE OF PRICE WITH US USOA GRAPE A' WHOLE FRYERS. 'Shop II PIGGLY WIGGLY ..Lb. CUTUP FRYERS 2 Breast portions w/backs 2 Leg qrts. w/backs 2 Wings plus giblets FAMILY PAK FRYERS FRESH BAKERS HENS...» FRYERS BREAST Lb. 69 c •• Lb. 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