Do You Know Where Your High School Yearbook Is?
Ryan Hutchins, writer for the Star-Ledger, recently wrote an article for the newspaper about a 16-year-old high school sophomore named Joyce Holly who lost her yearbook. That was June, 1979. She left it in a Somerset (NJ) County Park after a North Brunswick High School marching band picnic. Flash forward, 30 years later and the yearbook has been recovered thanks to Somerset County Sheriff, Captain Jeffry Thompson. It appears that Sheriff Thompson was retiring after 28 years and wanted to clear out his office, and the book was on his shelf. "I just held on to it because I said: 'You know what? That means something to somebody.'" The book was found by park police 30 years ago, but Holly couldn't be found. Even with Google, Facebook and other online search engines, Holly's whereabouts remained a mystery because she started using the name "Jaye" as her first name and she moved out of New Jersey. But with retirement approaching, the Sheriff got s