The Port Allegany Memorial Day Service held on the Brooklynside Bridge took place this morning in spite of the damp weather.  The Port Allegany Honor Guard participated in the ceremony led by Chuck Yeager.  Gerald Hobbs, a member of the Air Force who served in Korea, dropped the flower petals into the river as the names of those lost at sea were read.  They are:  

Merchant seaman Roland Botvig Johnson, Lt. James Shevak, Seaman Gail Chapin, Lt. Wesley “Stub” Van Dorn, Airman Second Class George Luce and Lt. William Daisley Jr.