A client from Gambrills, MD brought to us a high school ring
from 1954. She was organizing her jewelry and found a ring she had purchased at
a flea market three decades ago. She bought it for it's unique design and never really inspected
the fine engraving until this past spring. Upon further inspection she realized that the ring she had
was a lady’s 1954 class ring from Reitz High School. The client thought that an
attempt to locate the owner should be made.
The
ring’s design only offered a year, high school name, and initials. Luckily, there was only one Reitz High
School located and that was in Evansville, Indiana. School officials were
contacted and confirmed that the ring appeared to be from their school.
Unfortunately, they did not have any detailed records from that year. Reitz
High School 1954 yearbooks were located but there were no females listed with
the matching initials. Further investigation discovered that the class was
having a reunion in October 2013. The reunion coordinator was located and told
the story of the ring. The coordinator did not recognize the initials. She also
searched class lists and yearbooks to no avail.
The
summer passed with no more leads. In October, we contacted the reunion
coordinator once more so that she could bring up the conversation at the
reunion. As luck would have it the coordinator had found a possible lead over
the summer but had lost our contact information. A name was provided, researched and contact information located.
The possible owner was contacted and the ring described. She explained that she
had dropped out of school in her junior year for personal reasons and never
took delivery of her ring. She later completed her education but never was able
to obtain the ring. She moved a lot after high school and assumed that the
school could not locate her.
As
can be imagined, she was thrilled to hear that her ring had somehow traveled to
Maryland and been safely contained in someone’s personal collection for the
last thirty years.
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