This Week in Chester History…

In 1955, Bill and Bob Conover of Pleasant Hill Road purchased a 10-ton, “bright red monster of a bus” and 5 acres on Route 206 for a garage and office. They bought the bus to charter it out for group trips and to substitute for the regular school bus should it break down. Previously, the bus ran a route between New York City and Washington, D.C. for National Trailways.  Source: The Mendham-Chester Tribune.