Now that the schools are back in session...

[Pete in MI]

I just sent a couple emails to Midland Hight School. Looking for the owner of that 1937 MHS class ring I found earlier this year.

Have sent emails to the Midland High school newspaper and to the lady who runs the school yearbook 'club'. I could find no listing for the librarian but between the two of theses I have emailed I am hoping someone will get back to me.

Would not want to drive to Midland and find they have no 1937 yearbook or other info about the graduates of that year. (Gas prices are still to high.)

Sure would love to thumb through that yearbook to see, not only about the ring's owner but what people were doing back in 1937. Things had to have been still rough as they were working their way out of the Great Depression of the early 30s. I imagine the class ring was an expensive item...given that frivilous - non-essential - purchases may still have been hard to make after living through the Depression. This might have been considered frivilous at the time, when needs came before wants. Guess this is another reason to see the owner gets it back...it would have meant a lot to have it and meant a lot of pain when it was lost.

Here is hoping the ring and the owner can be reunited.

 

[steve in so la]

Good deed Pete ! Someone would like that ring I'm sure. I used to be the yeartbook advisor/teacher for many years when I taught HS. I always looked through the older books for pictures that showed the area as it was. Sometimes one gets a good detecting lead that way. Besides the school library (which anyone can go to) the public libraries sometimes have the old yearbooks as well. Good luck on the return, steve in so az

 

[Pete in MI]

I have heard back from the yearbook lady. She found a 1937 Yearbook and has found several people with the last initial of "R". I gave her the first initial and the second as well to narrow down the search. I am so glad to have someone in Midland at the high school who is saving me driving a long distance to do the research.

I think this is a plus for her when she talks to the students who put together the yearbook. She can tell them that one never knows when the information in an old yearbook will help someone get their class ring back.

Pretty cool. With her in Midland, she may also be able to find a phone number of the owner...or may be able to talk to the class reunion committee for information about the person (especially since women change their names).

Will keep you advised as this unfolds. Sure hope the owner is still alive so I can see the smile and find out more of how it came to be in the lake and for how long it has been there.