 How weird is that? A Woman Gets Wallet Back After 60 Years | |
Joan Martinek Barnes never imagined she would see her wallet again after she lost it at McKinley High School 60 years ago.
But the red alligator grain wallet turned up Monday when a building engineer tracked down a broken hot water pipe. It was found on top of an air duct in a basement storage room that once housed girls lockers.
Barnes, now 75 and living in San Antonio, said her wallet was lost when her coat was stolen during the winter of 1947-48.
The wallet didn't have any cash in it when it was found, but did contain a $4 activity pass, a student ID card, and a membership card for the YMCA's teen club.
The school is mailing the wallet back to Barnes and she promises to return it for the school's archives.
"It was very much a surprise," she said. "Doesn't everybody remember their high school days, anyway?" | 
