Texas officers discover purse from 1959 in floorboards of college constructing – FOX13 Information Memphis

LEAGUE CITY, Texas — Employees ripping up the floorboards of an old style constructing in a Houston suburb discovered a slice of historical past from greater than six many years in the past.

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A lacking purse, discovered underneath the stage of the League Metropolis Faculty in Galveston County, dates to 1959, the Houston Chronicle reported. Now, officers with the Clear Creek Impartial Faculty District are hoping to seek out the proprietor of the purse — or her household.

“There was a mini calendar and the dates and entries stopped in April 1959 so we assume it was misplaced in April 1959,” Erika Fernandez, the college district’s communications specialist, instructed the newspaper.

The outdated constructing, which was final utilized by college students in 2018 when it was often called League Metropolis Elementary, was being razed through the summer season of 2021 to create a brand new neighborhood middle, KHOU-TV reported.

The purse contained childhood photographs, notes and reminiscences.

“The purse was filled with what seemed like a pockets and it turned out to be a diary,” Richard Lewis, vice chairman of the League Metropolis Historic Society, stated in a press release. “Image it as as we speak’s Fb: you’re placing every thing down. She wrote about her love life, who she broke up with.”

So, who was this thriller woman?

After viewing the pockets’s contents, Clear Creek officers imagine they know who owned it.

“We presume from among the photographs that the proprietor of the pockets is Beverly Williams and she or he was born in 1946,” Fernandez instructed the Chronicle. “So that will put her at 76 years outdated.”

“I began trying by means of it myself, being cautious, and I discovered plenty of outdated photos in it,” Sarah Osborne, director of communications and neighborhood engagement for League Metropolis, instructed the newspaper. “I additionally discovered a calendar, pencils, a handkerchief, a nail file set and a notice that stated ‘Please let my daughter Beverly Williams trip the bus dwelling,’ signed Mrs. Frank Williams.”

{A photograph} from Clear Creek Excessive Faculty in 1963 reveals a Beverly Williams as a member of the college’s debating workforce, in line with Ancestry.com. Texas on-line delivery information present an Andrea Beverly Williams, who was born Oct. 5, 1945, in neighboring Harris County, in line with Ancestry.com. Her dad and mom are listed as Frank Rogers Williams and Lala Elaine Rawley.

The League Metropolis Faculty is the oldest constructing within the Clear Creek district, the Chronicle reported. It opened in 1938 and has housed college students since earlier than the district was consolidated in 1948.

Thus far, district and metropolis officers have been unable to seek out any report of Beverly Williams or her household, KPRC-TV reported.

“Have you learnt Beverly?” the college district wrote in a Fb submit. “Courting again to 1959, the title ‘Beverly Williams’ is listed on lots of the gadgets contained in the pockets.”

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