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Memorial Day Observance Honors War Dead in Bristol
Memorial services for World War II dead were held Friday evening at 7 30 in the Colt Memorial High School auditorium. Edward M. Kavanagh, chaplain of Kearney Post No 6 American Legion, presided and led readings, songs and an address by Department Commander L H Callan. He listed Bristol boys who died in service and two minutes of silence followed. A subsequent disarmament discussion featured Judge Edward L Leahy Rev Thomas J Gillan and Rev James J Goodacre with remarks on peace and war costs.
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Colt Memorial High School
Kearney Post
American Legion
Edward M. Kavanagh
Flanders Field
Nora E. Dwyer
L. H. Callan
Dwyer
Margaret Morrissey
Callan
Splidier
Arlington Cemetery
Bristol
France
America
Raymond E. Bliven
Walter A. Bennett
Robert D. Cooke
Lewis E. Coggeshall
Michael Ezikovich
Frank J. Golden
Joseph E. Hadfield
William H Kearney
Roderick D. MacDonald
William H Middleton
Manuel F. Morrisol A .Neumann
Albert O Servant
Frank J. Williams
Charles A West
Louis F. Young
Kavanagh
James F. Lavander
Lavander
Edward L. Leahy
Thomas J Gillan
James J. Goodacre
Judge Leahy
United States
Washington
Father Gillan