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The Mexia Daily News from Mexia, Texas • Page 8

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Mexia, Texas
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1 Ml BAiLY NEWS, MEm, TEXAS, THWftSBAY, Bfi6, PAGE EIGHT James Swink Leads Five TCU Players All-Southwest Conference Team DALLAS An-Am- vferica halfback James Swink. the unanimous choice, led a five- "mati Texas Christian contingent the 1955 United Press all- Southwest Conference team an- "Jiounced today. Swink, the elusive junior from ftusk, Who led the nation in with 125 points and Arizona's Art Luppiho for'na- DR, JOHN H. DOBBS, JR. Optometrist Professional Building 311 Main Street Phone 192 Teague Xmas Gifts For BOYS Give Something io Wear PAJAMAS Sizes 2 io 16 Broadcloth S2.95 S3.95 Ski Type S1.56 $2.95 Boys' Department tional rushing honors, got the first-team ballot of every one of the conference Scouts and United Press staffers participating in the balloting.

The champion TCU team also placed center Hugh Pitts, tackle Norman Hamilton, end Bryan Engram and quarterback Charles Curtis on (lie mythical team. Two Players Repeal Pitts was one of two players making the team for the second year in a row. The other was Arkansas' rip-snorting fullback. Henry Moore. The complete team: Ends Engram and Menan Schriewer, Texas.

Tackles Hamilton and Forest Gregg. Southern Methodist. Guards Herb Gray. Texas, and Dennis Gochring, Texas A M. Center Pitts.

Quarterback Curtis. Halfbacks Swink and Walter Fondren, Texas. Fullback Moore. Gregg and Swink were graduates from the 1954 second team, while Gray zoomed up from the third team a year ago. of last season's first team members failed to repeat as end Henry Gremminger of Baylor and tackle Eddie Rayburn of Rice dropped to second team roles this TOYS buy Yours at Karner-Phillips Gift Shop DRIVE-IN CURB SERVICE Vegetables.

Steaks, Pies CAN DAIRY PRODUCTS WRIGHT'S DAIRY-WAY 201 West Commerce Phone GY6-2879 0f T'. fall. The second "team: Ends Gremminger 49 points and Eugene Stallings, Texas 40. Tackles Rayburn 27 and Jack Powell. Texas 43.

I Guards Roberts 42 and Vcr- Uecker, TCU. 22. 1 Center Johnny Tatum, Tex- I as 27. Quarterback Roach 34. Halfbacks Mcllhenny 44 and i Carpenter 41.

Fullback Jack Pardee, Texas 39. Honorable Mention Ends Crawford, Rice; Gentry. SMU: Arkansas: Kelly. i Texas. 1 Tackles Knebel.

SMU; Krueger. Fuller, Arkansas; Glass. Baylor; Cooper. TCU. Del Homme.

Texas: Goss, SMU: Riviere, Rice; Hawk. SMU: J. Williams. TCU: Stanley. i Gilliam, Arkansas.

Centers Hale. Arnec- ike, SMU. Backs Walker, Arkansas; 'Shofner. Baylor: R. Taylor, TCU; L.

Taylor. Holley. Baylor: i O'Brien. SMU: Nesbitt. Arkansas; Dupre.

Baylor. Southwest Basketball Starts With Every Club Playing Today By United Press The Southwest Conference basketball season gets under way Thursday night with every club in the loop breaking into the 1955-56 schedule at the same time. For tbe most part, the teams will "warm up" against smaller college foes, but Texas schedule gets new coach Ken Loeffler off to a rugged start by i sending his Aggies against Tulsa jat Tulsa on the first leg of a three-stop road trip that winds up in Tennessee. Defending champion Southern Methodist, for example, opens against North Texas State at las. Rice plays St.

Mary's at San Antonio. Texas opens against West Texas at Austin, Baylor against Howard Payne at Waco. I TCU against Austin College at' Fort Worth and Arkansas against Southeastern Oklahoma at Fay-; etteville. Tonight's game will mark the! only appearance of the week for i Baylor, but the other clubs will be back in action on Saturday. i night with SMU at home against Austin College, TCU against Texi as Tech at Fort Worth, Texas ag- Georgia Tech Ignores Protests; Will Play With Pitt's Negro ATLANTA (UP) Georgia Tech will ignore a protest by influential segregation supporters against the Sugar Bowl game with Pittsburgh, has a Negro player.

"Our boys voted'to play in the Sugar Bowl and we will not break our contract, especially since Georgia and Tech have played against Negroes bafore and there has been no criticism," a spokesman said. If Pitt uses second-string fullback Bobby Grier he will be the first Negro ever to play in a Sugar Bowl football game but mixed athletics in other sports is not new to New Orleans. Neither Sugar Bowl nor Tech officials placed any racial conditions in their post-season game contract and Pitt's Negro player attracted little attention until the protest was issued yesterday. The executive committee of the States' Riyhts Council of Georgia. with membership including one member of the state board of regents, sent its protest to Georgia Toch Coach Bobby Dodd.

Dock! declined to comment publicly but the spokesman said Tech ainst Oklahoma at Stillwater, Rice against Abilene Christian at Houston, the Aggies against Vanderbilt at Nashville and Arkansas against Tulsa at Fayetteville. LIBERTY LAST TIME TODAY ''The Seven Little Foys" In Technicolor and Vista Vision BOB HOPE MILLY VITALE "Stranger on Horseback" In Technicolor JOEL McCREA MIROSLAVA considered the matter to be "the Sugar Bowl committee's business make the invitations." Although no Negro has actually played in a post seasori Sugar Bowl game the Loyola University basketball team has been meeting teams with Negro players in games at New Orleans. New Orleans observers knew of no state law or local law such as exist in Alabama prohibiting such mixed sports contests. Pitt football officials had al- Boxofiice Opens 1:45 p.m. and FRlDAYl VISTAVISION ROSAUNB RUSSEU.

PERNANDO UMAS THE GIRL RUSH Eddls Albert De Moved Popeye Pete Smith News f.w. Off LAST NITE1 SOc Per Car RANDOLPH SCOTT "Rage At Dawn" Cartoon Sport News ft FRI. 2 Features Glen Ford "THE AMERICANO" Plus "HELUS ISLAND" COMING SUNDAY The McConnell Story" is a wonderful story! IT STARS ALAN LADD AND JUNEALLYSON THE MEXIA THEATRE Furniture and Home Gifts are always welcome gifts for Christmas and in this 2nd Anniversary Sale you will find many, many wanted gifts at low, low prices. This sale runs through December and we have many special values not listed here are only a few of the fine values you will expect to find at Kenneth E. Paris Company.

Hurry! Extra Nice PLATFORM ROCKERS Regular $34.50 Value Anniversary Sale Price only 95 Electric STEAM IRONS by General Electric Presto Hoover Three Famous Brands Extra Special 9x12 CONGOLEUM RUGS Anniversary Price Only Regular S18.95 Value Your Choice Only 3 CHRISTMAS LIGHTS White they Strings only marked price 3 Piece Walnut BEDROOM SUITE 137 50 Beautiful 5 Piece LIVING ROOM SUITE Regular S149.50 Value 50 We have in stock a large selection of modern Living Room and Bed Room and Dinette Suites, Occasional Chairs, Rockers, Tables, Lamps, along with famous brands of home oppliances. Willianisburg Electric Trivet FOOD WARMER Regular $2-98 Value Only $195 1 IttNNtln CB rARlb CO 405 iait Commerce Mexia Phono GY6-2844 ready announced they would ignore the protest, and said Grief, may be the starling fullback. Grief "sleep, eat and play" with the leaffi during its training oh the fulfifie Versily carhpus, and in any of its recreational activities, a spokesrriah said. COME SEE-COME SAVE ON HOLIDAY SPECIALTIES! Holiday Feeds Ace Hers In all Low PUMPKIN PEACHES MINCEMEAT COCONUT FANCY Can MEDDO-LAND FREESTONE IRREG, Can FANCY QUALITY 9-oi. Pkgi RAJAH SHREDDED 4-oz.

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55c Stew Meat Ib. 23c Super-Right Pure Pork Sausage Old-Fashioned Farm Style i 2lb. bag 55c 1 Ib. roll, mild Ib. 29c 6 to 8 Lb.

I Smoked Picnics Ib. 25c SLICED All Good Jb. 35c Super-Right Ib. 39c Trick Sliced Super-Right 2 Ibs. 75c Shrimp, Creole, Golden Shore 8 2 for 69c; 2 Ibs.

99c .1 Washington Extra Fancy Red Delicious Apples Ib. 19c Winesap Ib. bag 49c Fancy Red Rome Apples Ib. 15c Idaho Russeit U. S.

No. 1 Potatoes 10 Ib. bag 55c Central American Bananas Ib. 14c 'Florida Tomatoes 14 oz. ctn.

19c Texas Oranges 8 Ib. bag 45c Texas Grapefruit 8 Ib. bag 45c Florida Yellow Squash lOc Florida Pole Beans Ib. 19c Texas Cauliflower head 25c Oregon Bartlett Pears Ib. 15c JANE PARKER'S BAKERY SPECIALS! JANE PARKER GLAZED JANE PARKER ICED SPANISH JT DONUTS JB 29 BAR CAKE 29' JANE PARKER CINNAMON JANE PARKER ROLLS APPLE PIE ANN PAGE SELECTED FOODS SALAD DRESSING GRAPE JAM MARMALADE PEANUT BUTTER Eight 0' Clock 75c 3 Lb, Bag Eight 0' Clock Coffee $2,19 Jona gut Green Beans cans25c Green Shellfd Can Blgckeyed Peas --2 cgns lOc Grape PUJ oy jars 39fi Soap Powder 23c Sails Soap Powder giant sixe ANN Pure Vegetable Shortening Dexp 3 Ib, can69c Pinto ieons 4 Ib, bag 35c Nwtley Oleo Ib, 17c Ann Page Beans, with pork 16 can IQc Ann With Tomato and Cheese Spaghetti! sz, 303 en, 3 cans 35c Hy'Pgwer Tomales with gravy 3 cans $1 1111.

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