This Week in Chester History…
In 1955, The Mendham-Chester Tribune profiled prolific button collector Mrs. Daniel H. Skellenger (Amelia J. Renkel). The nearly 89-year-old had been collecting buttons since the age of 12 and had amassed some extraordinary examples. One of the buttons, from the formation of the Christian Endeavor Society of the First Congregational Church was dated April 11, 1882.