Letter: On the Bristol safe contents

Posted 5/12/22

To the editor: I would like to comment on the bronze plate of the Colt Memorial School logo that was recently found in a safe at the former Oliver School. If I were a professional betting man, I …

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Letter: On the Bristol safe contents

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To the editor:

I would like to comment on the bronze plate of the Colt Memorial School logo that was recently found in a safe at the former Oliver School. If I were a professional betting man, I would wager that the plate was used to emboss the leather seat backs of the seating in the Colt Memorial School auditorium.

I remember that the genuine leather seats were a dark emerald green and beautifully embossed the the logo that was the approximate size as shown in the plate.

Jerome J. Squatrito
1258 Hope Street
Colt Memorial School Class of 1959

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