In 1895, shortly after the relocation
of the schoolhouse, there was a reunion of the class of 1842.
The Berliner
Journal, dated September 26, 1895 poignantly commented: “after those
present, on hearing the various speeches felt themselves transported back to
the past, the school was closed at four o’clock and the pupils were gathered
together in front of the school and photographed as a group. On their return
into the school, they found it had been transformed into a dining room with
heavily laden tables, which the old-timers thoroughly enjoyed. After everyone
had chatted cordially for awhile longer, the gathering broke up. The company
will not meet again in complete numbers, nor in such a way.”
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