Postseason bowl picture narrows to few surefire teams
The Cotton and Sugar Bowls limit bids to Southeastern Southern Missouri Valley Skyline and Rocky Mountain conferences. Arkansas controls the Cotton bid as Southwest champion after a 6-0 loss to Arkansas last week. Penn State Alabama Georgia Tech have faltered, leaving West Virginia as a rare undefeated contender, though controversy surrounds its status.
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Southern
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Mississippi
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Alabama
Georgia Tech
Georgia
Texas A&m
West Virginia
Texas Tech
Waldrip Quilting Club Meets Nov 10
Waldrip Tex Nov 2 news notes courtesy Clyde Hill reports the Waldrip Quilting Club set to meet at Minnie Brays on Wednesday Nov 10. Family visits include Ralph Brock and Bud Frost joining Ira and Brays for weekend meals with Clarence Lohn and family also visiting Wayne Bray.
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Quilting Club
Nannie Holland Waldrip
Tex
Ralph Brock
Brady
Ira Brays
Bud Frost
Brays
Clarence Lohn
Wayne Bray
Minnie Brays
Mrs. Woodrow Short
Anton
Bowl selections shape 1958 postseason bids and payouts
The article weighs which teams, including West Virginia and Mississippi, may land Sugar or Cotton Bowl berths based on records and conference titles. It notes Sugar Bowl favoritism toward undefeated paths and Cotton Bowl’s willingness to accept a less flawless team, with $157,000 prize at stake.
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Mississippi
West Virginia
Southern Methodist
Local Folks Gather for Weekends and Church in East Sweden Area
Mr and Mrs Paul Powell of San Antonio spent the weekend with relatives. Families including the Briscoes Winsteads Hollands Randalls and Joyce Caylor attended church at East Sweden Sunday. Nannie Holland funeral was held at Waldrip church with burial in Rockwood Cemetery.
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Paul Powell
San Antonio
Carla Jo
Jimmie Hodges
Marilyn
Bobby
Kleen Reed
del Rio
George Reed
Waldrip Church
Nannie Holland
Rockwood
Marion Holland
Ben Hodges
Nat Randalls
Audrey
Fort Worth
Menard Firm Plans Placid Oil Test
Costello Production Company of Menard plans a 2000 foot wildcat oil test three miles southwest of Placid. It will be No 1 Bill Lang ford, located 2500 feet south and 1500 feet east of the August Zahn Survey 979. Charles Dana Gibson created the Gibson Girl.
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Placid
Bill Langford
Howard Payne Homecoming Honors Seaborn Collins and Thomas Taylor
The largest Homecoming crowd at Howard Payne College is expected Friday and Saturday in Brownwood to honor Seaborn P. Collins national Legion commander and Dr. Thomas H. Taylor on his 25th year as HP faculty member. Collins flies in Friday for a 7 15 p.m. Man of the Year banquet at Hotel Brownwood. Saturday at 2 p.m. the Yellowjackets host the McMurry Indians in Lion Stadium.
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Seaborn P. Collins
American Legion
Thomas H. Taylor
Howard Payne
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Las Cruces
New Mexico
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Der
National Legion
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Abilene
Daniel Baker College
Daniel Baker
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McMurry College Indians
Mrs Sarah Daniel in Brady Hospital Care
Mrs Sarah Daniel of Fredonia was a patient in Brady Hospital from pheasany until Monday.
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Sarah Daniel
Fredonia
Brady Hospital
Scramble for Cotton Bowls Begins Amid Slim Prospects
In a few weeks Southwest Conference teams eyeing a New Year’s Dallas Cotton Bowl bid face a sparse field as top choices dwindle. The Cotton rewards the SWC champion while the Sugar Bowl may select at large with SEC influence. Talks between bowls on timing have not yielded a formal plan.
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