It somehow ended up behind a cabinet in the science room at her high school, where it sat undisturbed until a construction crew found it.
Marty Ingham Everett holds the purse she lost when she was 16. It was found last month. By Cathy Free March 11 at 8:00 AM In 1954, Marty Ingham Everett’s black purse containing her checkbook, lipstick, school dance photos and letters from three boys — including a junior prom invite — somehow ended up behind a cabinet in the science room at her school, Jeffersonville High, in Indiana. She was 16 when she lost it.
Posted by Greater Clark County Schools on Thursday, February 7, 2019 But Facebook did its thing, and she was soon directed to Everett’s son, John Folea, who then connected her with Everett, known in high school as Martha Ina Ingham. Both women were astounded and very pleased. “Dear Marty, I’ve heard that Paul has asked you to go the prom with him,” read one of the notes. “If he hasn’t, I would like very much to take you. Love, Torchy.”
A letter written to Marty Ingham Everett from Carter Williams in 1954. Everett’s date was Carter Williams, she said. The two rode the school bus together every day from the “company town” where they lived outside of Jeffersonville, when their fathers both worked for DuPont, she said. “It was amazing to reconnect and reminisce about a time that is so different from today,” he said. “We respected our teachers, we respected the law, and we respected our parents. We had more time to sit around a table and just talk or listen. I feel very lucky to have grown up when I did.”
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