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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1955
Page
7
Postmaster Coggeshall announced post offices will open Saturday 6 30 am to 6 pm and Sunday 8 am to 6 pm during the Christmas rush. He urged 3 cent stamps and first class mail for forwardable cards and return addresses. He advised bundling local and distant cards, mailing distant cards by Dec 15 and local ones a week before Christmas.
The Bristol varsity Colts meet the Somerset five in the season opener at Andrews Gym at 7 pm. Somerset last year won the Narragansett League title while Colt finished second in Class C of the RI Interscholastic League. Coach Artie Pansa's lineup includes Bettencourt, Mans, Andrade, Cordeiro, Cabral, Burke, Leahy, DeLeo, Formisano, and Calandra.
Battery C's Indoor Rifle team claimed its second straight win in the National Guard Bureau NRA Indoor Rifle Tournament at Cranston Street Armory. Bristol riflemen led by Sgt. First Class Mike Topazio with 270 defeated 243rd A.A.A. Headquarters Bn 1289 to 1070, with Savino forecasting a 1300+ mark times this season.
Ciociola and Manny Pasqual won the foul shooting contest at Guiteras Junior High School as part of the intramural program directed by Vincent M Securo. Ciociola led ninth graders with seven of ten. Pasqual topped eighth graders with six of ten. other top scorers included Squatrito Almeida and Bruno.
Members of the Women's Guild of the First Congregational Church prepare for a Christmas Greens and Food Sale on December 16 at 2 p.m. in the DeWolf Rooms. Mrs. Donald Burger and Mrs. Thomas C. Jansen lead greens while Mrs. Edith Jordan and Mrs. James Smith head the food sale.
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