Tag: Fox Chase Road
This Week in Chester History…
In 1955, Robert Minard of Fox Chase Road was named Chief Observer for the Civil Defense observation post. At the time, Chester Borough was home to one of the three remaining CD observation posts in New Jersey. Source: The Mendham-Chester Tribune.
This Week in Chester History…
In 1961, James Minard of Fox Chase Road, Chester Township gave a fascinating account of his trip to Egypt as a member of a U.S. Geological Survey mission. U. S. Geological Survey. His purpose was to geologically map the western desert of Egypt, a total area of approximately 740,000 square kilometers. Jim, son of the Robert Minards, became a geologist upon graduation from Upsala College in 1948. Source: Observer-Tribune.
This Week in Chester History…
In 1962, Carl Kleiber of Pleasant Hill Road and Eugene O. Vliet, Township Clerk, amongst others, began restoration of the Patrey burial ground on Fox Chase Road. The oldest marked grave belonged to William Patrey, who died in 1818, at 67. In 1925, the New Jersey Genealogical Society recorded the Patreys, Runyons, Craigs, Linabarys, Stulls, Stouts, and Wyckoffs buried there. Source: Observer-Tribune
