Class Note 1969
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March - April 2026
Class Note 1969. Spring 2026 housekeeping time! By the time you read this, spring will be near, although in Hanover it may still be mud season.
First on your agenda: Make sure you are receiving hard copy by snail-mail The ’69 Times, which last year expanded to a 12-page edition! Contact Allen Denison or me (see below) if you need assistance. Our 21st-century class website now includes more news and updates than ever. The 2026 newsletter and the continuously updating website cover what a longer Class Notes column brought you in years gone by.
Finding your class website is easy. The URL is simply dartmouth69.org. While there, check the list of classmates for whom we have no email. For instance, John Laird, Chris Stillbach, and Guy Ryder are three of our old running buddies who’ve dropped off the grid. Dozens of us have incomplete contact information. Help Tex fill in the blanks and send news!
Our class has selected the student art publication Ephemera for our FY 2026 grant. The award was presented to Sara Shelton ’26 and Lucie Morton ’26 at the DOC House during “ComingHome.”
Peter Elias, all-seeing master of cyberspace, just posted 71 new photos from “ComingHome.” We also now post our memorials as well as in The ’69 Times. Recent remembrances include Carl Japikse, Punky Pletan-Cross, Dwight Sloan, and Barry Hoffmeister. Send remembrances, please.
Previews of upcoming “Casual Conversations” with Arthur Fergenson are in the newsletter and on the website. Attendance now averages 30 to 40 for every meeting. New features include more Vietnam memoirs as well as essays about our parents and the “Greatest Generation,” curated by Bob Sturges and the indefatigable Peter Schaeffer.
Attendance on Zoom is impressive. A College-record 250 individual classmates have tuned in for at least one event. Our “12 Step” group has met for 250-plus consecutive Sundays. Monthly social hour with Jim Staros is lively fun. Play readings and monthly executive committee meetings welcome your participation. If you don’t know Zoom, call Tex for a tutorial! Zoom is free, easy to learn, and easy to use. Video is optional.
—John “Tex” Talmadge, 3519 Brookline Lane, Farmers Branch TX 75234; (214) 673-9250 johntalmadgemd@gmail.com
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First on your agenda: Make sure you are receiving hard copy by snail-mail The ’69 Times, which last year expanded to a 12-page edition! Contact Allen Denison or me (see below) if you need assistance. Our 21st-century class website now includes more news and updates than ever. The 2026 newsletter and the continuously updating website cover what a longer Class Notes column brought you in years gone by.
Finding your class website is easy. The URL is simply dartmouth69.org. While there, check the list of classmates for whom we have no email. For instance, John Laird, Chris Stillbach, and Guy Ryder are three of our old running buddies who’ve dropped off the grid. Dozens of us have incomplete contact information. Help Tex fill in the blanks and send news!
Our class has selected the student art publication Ephemera for our FY 2026 grant. The award was presented to Sara Shelton ’26 and Lucie Morton ’26 at the DOC House during “ComingHome.”
Peter Elias, all-seeing master of cyberspace, just posted 71 new photos from “ComingHome.” We also now post our memorials as well as in The ’69 Times. Recent remembrances include Carl Japikse, Punky Pletan-Cross, Dwight Sloan, and Barry Hoffmeister. Send remembrances, please.
Previews of upcoming “Casual Conversations” with Arthur Fergenson are in the newsletter and on the website. Attendance now averages 30 to 40 for every meeting. New features include more Vietnam memoirs as well as essays about our parents and the “Greatest Generation,” curated by Bob Sturges and the indefatigable Peter Schaeffer.
Attendance on Zoom is impressive. A College-record 250 individual classmates have tuned in for at least one event. Our “12 Step” group has met for 250-plus consecutive Sundays. Monthly social hour with Jim Staros is lively fun. Play readings and monthly executive committee meetings welcome your participation. If you don’t know Zoom, call Tex for a tutorial! Zoom is free, easy to learn, and easy to use. Video is optional.
—John “Tex” Talmadge, 3519 Brookline Lane, Farmers Branch TX 75234; (214) 673-9250 johntalmadgemd@gmail.com