This Week in Chester History…

In 1955, Chester Township Police Chief John T. Price died of a heart attack at the age of 57. Price and Officer George L. Francis had responded in separate cars to a disturbance call at the Muskrat Inn on Pleasant Hill Road. Francis left after the call was handled, but later found the Chief still in his car having died from a known heart condition. Price served 15 years as superintendent of the Leon Israel estate, and lived on the Old Gladstone Road. Source: The Mendham-Chester Tribune