Tag: Chester First Aid Squad
This Week in Chester History…
In 1955, the Mendham-Chester Tribune reported that a visitor to Merrigan Farms on Route 24 was reported missing. The Chester Fire Department sounded the alarm, and the Chester First Aid Squad lent their assistance in efforts to find young Billy Plochock, 11. He was located not long afterward in Morristown.
This Week in Chester History…
The Chester Rotary Club presented a check for $100 to John Hoffman of the Chester First Aid Squad. Henry Gapinski, the club president, also gave a $316 check to Louis Bell of the West Morris Regional High School Student Council, and $100 to Leonard Smalley, Chester Fire Chief. The Rotary Club meeting where all the awards were handed out took place at the Chester House in 1961. Source: Observer-Tribune
This Week in Chester History…
In 1956, a fight between Navarra and Malcolm Campbell, owners of the Crossroads Inn, ended with Malcolm’s death. Navarra told police they had been quarreling in the barroom of the Inn when Malcolm threatened her with a shotgun. After she hid behind the bar, he shot himself in the head. The Chester First Aid Squad rushed him to Morristown Memorial where he died. Source: The Mendham-Chester Tribune.
