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evening, ana ratner Francis JCrimllda Pontes HInscribes Gift fiOf President niWhen President Fisenhnw*»r wlt;.visited Paris recently for the mM i s s Pontes, a graduate of Bristol Senior High, Class of ’44 and a member of the Rhode Island Honor Society, now works for the Yale Press. She is also a graduate of the RhodeIsland School of Design, and' last year received her master’s degree at Yale Universitv. Shestudied with John Howard Benson, one of America's best-known calligraphers For many years he did the handwriting on Brown University diplomas and later Miss Pontes, one of his prize students, took on this work. The inscription on the President’s gift is a highlight in her comparatively young career.She will be home for the holidays.d£ofbesummit conference, his gift to President *DeGaulle was a copy of the First Volume of t^e Papers of Benjamin Franklin, cj(published by Yale Press. afThis gift is of some signifi- P1cance to Bristolians because the dedicatory inscription ip the book was done bv Crimilda cePontes, daughter of Mr and StMrs. Albert Pontes of 80 Wood Nlt;St Mr. Pontes is head custo- ofdian of Bristol schools tb
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Bristol Phoenix
Bristol, Rhode Island, US
Thu, Dec 31, 1959
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