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Keepsake items reunited with area residents who misplaced them years ago
By Mark J. Price
Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Monday, Oct 12, 2009
Welcome to today's edition of The Lord of the Rings.
Readers enlisted the aid of This Place, This Time in identifying family keepsakes — and the news is good.
Happy reunion
Akron couple Mike and Judy Planck delivered a gold ring to the Beacon Journal last Monday after reading a series of stories about lost and found jewelry.
They discovered the ring nine years ago in a slushy parking lot at the Acme in Montrose. It had a distinctive family crest on red amber and carried the inscription ''Grandpa to Remik.''
''We have always wanted to locate the owner because of the sentimental inscription,'' they explained in a note.
''We wish no claim to it. Please see if you can locate the family. We imagine it to be an emotional reunion.''
They were so right. We did a little sleuthing and traced the ring to Henryk and Rose Niewiarowski of Akron.
Henryk, 87, who owned the ring since age 19, had the inscription engraved after the birth of his grandson Remik Niewiarowski, who will turn 11 on Friday. Henryk lost it Nov. 4, 2000, according to a daily log he keeps. He searched all over, but finally had to give up.
The family was thrilled to learn of the discovery.
''Oh, gosh, I can't believe it,'' Rose said.
Son Peter Niewiarowski, a biology professor at the University of Akron, arrived at the Beacon Journal to identify the heirloom.
He caught his breath when he saw it. He was wearing a matching ring with a green stone and identical family crest.
''Thank you,'' he said.
Security check
Here is another happy story.
Carl Luther, a security officer at Akron General Medical Center, said the staff discovered a college football ring in August while sorting through a drawer of valuables left at the hospital.
The 1993 ring was inscribed ''Citrus Bowl'' and had the score ''Penn State 31, Tennessee 13,'' along with a tiny helmet, 88, and the name ''Zurbrugg.''
Luther contacted Penn State and searched on the Internet. He tracked the ring to Akron attorney Aaron Zurbrugg, phoned the lawyer's office and received an immediate callback.
''He had lost it over 10 years ago,'' Luther said.
Zurbrugg was a walk-on at Penn State who transferred to Mount Union after the 1993 season, Luther learned. The ring is back in the right hands.
''It made me feel good that I was able to track the owner down of something of such sentimental importance,'' Luther said.
Lost and found
• Miriam Moore of Canal Fulton lost her mother's class ring in the 1950s while swimming at Waterworks Park in Cuyahoga Falls. The 1919 Steubenville High School ring belonged to Margaret Arnold. ''I would sure love to get that ring back,'' Moore said.
• Dora Wintrow of Norton has a silver ring that she found in the late 1950s on Lincoln Avenue in Barberton. The 1945 ring is engraved with a picture of an airplane and the word ''Antwerp.'' ''If I could find the owner of that, it would be sweet,'' she said.
If you have information about either ring, please send suggestions to the address below.
Mark J. Price is a Beacon Journal copy editor. Write to him at Akron Beacon Journal, 44 E. Exchange St., Akron, OH 44309, call him at 330-996-3850 or send e-mail to mjprice@thebeaconjournal.com.
Welcome to today's edition of The Lord of the Rings.
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Akron, Ohio
Posted 05:05 AM, 10/12/2009
Thrilling.
Akron, OH
Posted 11:30 AM, 10/12/2009
You know, with all the lousy things we see and hear about everyday that people do, it's nice to hear in this day and age, people still return something that they found. None of those things is worth the the cost of the Hope Diamond, but that isn't the point. I bet if you were one of those people, you'd think it was pretty sweet to get something back you thought was gone forever.
akron, oh
Posted 02:11 PM, 10/12/2009
I have a ring around my collar, and a ring in my tub; can someony come and claim those? I'll be waiting for the phone to RING.
Akron, oh
Posted 05:32 PM, 10/12/2009
i agree purple girl. i love being able to read these happy thoughts among the sad ones.
Cross Lanes, WV
Posted 08:51 AM, 10/13/2009
Many years ago, my aunt, who lived in a rural West Virginia area, found a high school class ring from my high school (in Ohio) and from the year I graduated. I was able to give the ring back to the owner, who said the last time he had seen it, he had placed it on a stage in our gym, and when he went back to get it, it was gone. He was glad to get it back, and it felt good to be able to return it to him.
