This Week in Chester History…

In 1955, Chester Paul Apgar, an on-and-off again Chester Borough Council member since 1933, passed away at the age of 79. Born in Califon, Apgar lived most of his life in Chester, where he had his coal business for 20 years. He was a charter member of the Chester Rotary Club, the Chester Nurse’s Association, and the Pleasant Hill Cemetery Association. He also was tax collector for the township and municipality before it was split to form the township and borough. Source: The Mendham-Chester Tribune.