On July 14, 2016 the New Berlin Central School Class of 1956 celebrated its 60th year reunion at The Old Mill Restaurant in Mt. Upton. In attendance were 22 (that’s 78%) of the surviving classmates. Only 7 of its members have died since graduation.

Members in the picture are: Seated, Nancy Whitacre Sherwood, Elizabeth (Betty) Gilmour Gibson, Helen Burski Schall, Patricia Haynes Brownell, Thelma Cronk Bice, and Gloria Button Cole; 2nd row, William (Bill) Neuland, Donna Boice Davenport, Nancy Bice Button, Roberta Idabelle Button Huyck, Janet Norton Masterson, Elizabeth (Liz) Lloyd Clement, and Diane Ackerman Spicer; 3rd row, Glenn Sanford, Roger Gregory, Russell (Russ) Lowe, Harold (Smitty) Smith, Edith (Edie) Burr Smith, Warren Prentice and Richard (Dick) Horton; absent from the photo were attendees Sharon Camp Grabau and Jack Reed; deceased but honored members were Corinne Runion Shamey (1989), Philip Chase (2003), Rupert Davis (2006), Angelo Franco (2012), Gail Haywood Caple Lebenick (2013), Harry Dunham (12/25/15), and Patricia Burke Gifford (7/1/16).