Council reunites student, lost wallet

Years ago, the Plymouth High School Student Council adopted a 2-mile stretch of State 57 just south of Plymouth.

Calvin Jacoby is sure glad they did.

For at least eight years, council members have been going out twice a year to pick up trash along the highway. They start by fueling up on doughnuts, then split into four groups, each taking half a mile, and are done in a couple of hours.

“Usually there are a couple of weird finds, but normally it’s empty bottles and cans, wrappers, car junk, etc.,” said advisor Daniel Lamb, a social studies teacher. He remembers a student finding a $20 bill once.

But on Sept. 19, the group found a wallet containing a significant amount of cash.

“The wallet was still in good shape — this was during the stretch of beautiful weather we had in September,” Lamb said.

In addition to the cash, it also contained a driver’s license — Calvin Jacoby’s driver’s license, which he had gotten the day he lost the wallet.

“Needless to say, he was pretty thrilled that he was getting his wallet back,” Lamb said.

Calvin said he and his dad bought some gates at Fleet Farm on Aug. 28 and were taking them home in a pickup truck when they stopped along the highway to tie them down better. His wallet fell out of his pocket, though he didn’t realize it until later.

They went back and looked in vain for at least an hour. Three weeks later, the student council members found Calvin’s wallet in the grass about a foot off the gravel, Lamb said.

Calvin was relieved when he heard the wallet had been found — and surprised to get it back intact. “I figured it was gone forever,” he said. “It’s good to see that there’s honest people out there.” In appreciation, Calvin made a $20 donation to the council’s doughnut fund.