1896
REV. CHAUNCEY C. ADAMS, D.D.
Our classmate Chauncey C. Adams was born in South Charleston, N. H., October 24, 1872. At an early age he determined to enter the Congregational ministry. After graduating in our class he studied for the ministry at Chicago Theological Seminary. He held pastorates in the following churches: Port Byron, Ill., 1900- 1901; Hinesburg, Vt., 1901-1907; Essex Junction, Vt., 1907-1915; Burlington, Vt., 1915- 1931; and Middlebury, Vt., 1931-1938.
In 1933 Dartmouth conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity.
Chauncey had a long, successful, distinguished career in the ministry, serving in two of the larger churches in Vermont. He was respected and admired and very happy in his work, especially when he combined his ministry with teaching at Middlebury.
He was definitely a preacher with a fine mind and a keen sense of humor. Chauncey retired from the ministry in 1938, and died August 25, 1942, a few months before reaching the age of 70.
He married Donna G. Anderson in 1900. She passed away in 1937.
THE ADAMS FAMILY
Bertha attended Oberlin Conservatory. She married Earl C. Heap in 1925. Mr. Heap is a graduate of Boston University. He is an Estimator and Cost Accountant employed by Lonergan Manufacturing Company. They have three children—Susan Sheffield, 22, Samuel Adams, 19, and Emily Ann, 17. They live at 809 Maple Street, Albion, Mich.
Dorcas A. married Edward G. Ludwig of Burlington, Vt., in 1935. She graduated from Middlebury College in 1937. Mr. Ludwig is foreman in the Maintenance Department of Harbor General Hospital, Torrance, Calif. They have one son, David Edward, age 7. Dorcas writes your Secretary, "How wonderful it would be to have him go to Dartmouth, but I fear it is only a dream because of distance." I think he should enter Dartmouth about 1963. The Richards Fund will make it possible if student aid is needed. The Ludwigs live at 2603 Apple Ave., Torrance, Calif. This has been their home for ten years. Dorcas also tells me she has her father's class cane.
Chauncey C. Adams Jr. graduated from the University of Michigan in 1948. He is now a member of the Naval Reserve, Lieutenant (J.G.) serving as a pharmacist. He married Dorothy Diamond in 1946. They have two children—Dorothy Carol, age 3, and Kathryn, age 2 months. Their address is 1427 Cumberland Road, Jacksonville 5, Fla.
On behalf of our class your secretary salutes the family of one of the fine men of our class.
BARBARA RICHARDSON
Your Secretary is happy to tell the story of Barbara Richardson, daughter of Judge HenryS. Richardson.
"Hardy" was born September 19, 1873. He studied law and practiced his profession in Claremont, N. H. In 1917 he was elected Probate Judge of Sullivan County. He died February 4, 1945. Mrs. Richardson passed away a few years earlier.
All of us in '96 remember the Richardson family well. Hardy and Mrs. Richardson and Barbara were "regulars" at our class reunions.
Barbara graduated from Stevens High School, Claremont, in 1924, and from Mt. Holyoke College in 1928. In a few months she took a position with the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Springfield, where she remained for 20 years.
She started as a mail clerk and steadily advanced to more difficult and important jobs such as calculating premiums, dividends, disability charges, the amortized value of bonds, preparing figures for the company's annual statement. She held a top-notch clerical position. In 1936 she was awarded a Life Office Management Association Certificate for completing the Insurance Company's Course and passing the examination in Principles of Life Insurance.
During the war years, 1943-1945, she served as clerk in the Ration Board, working evenings, and was loaned by the Insurance Company for some full-time day work.
Barbara has a keen sense of humor, so I am letting her tell her story for the last two and a half years since the fall of 1949.
"After my father's death I began to realize that for 20 years I had sat on the same chair and looked at the same faces. If I heard a piece of news on the radio I could tell in advance just what each one in the office would say about it. So I staged a one-man strike. I put on my hat and walked out. Every one told me I was crazy and that a woman of my age could never get another job. Anyway I came to Miami Beach. Inside of two weeks I had a job as a maid at $125 a month with board, room and private bath. I lasted three weeks. It is the only job from which I was fired but I was glad to go. When a maid lives in she is on duty 24 hours a day.
"I decided to take a week's vacation but I never got it. In a few days I was a clerk at McCrory's 5 and 10 cent store and I love it. All the customers are completely crazy, every shoplifter in the world spends his winters here. You just would not believe the things that happen here, and you dash to work in the morning to see what will happen next.
Another nice thing about this job is that summers are slow and they are perfectly willing to let me take time off.
"I went to California last summer for two months, half expecting to get a job in an airplane factory. I got a job but the smog hurt my eyes, so here I am back in Miami.
"Prices are not bad here when you rent by the year. It is the people who come down for two weeks right at the height of the busy season who pay and pay. A lot of tourists now call this home and take a short trip north during the summer."
Barbara's permanent address is Miss Barbara Richardson, c/o Mrs. Cecil Randell, 162 Crescent Road, Longmeadow, Mass. Currently her address is 320 80th Street, Miami Beach, Fla.
Secretary, 159 Park Ave., Arlington, Mass. Treasurer and, Class Agent 21 Forest Rd., Cape Elizabeth, Me.
