EAST FISHKILL – Renovations underway at John Jay High School in East Fishkill turned up an unusual discovery, a wallet placed in a ceiling 40 years ago in 1977.
Assistant Principal Paul Albanese contacted East Fishkill Police Chief Kevin Keefe, who tracked down a family member and eventually, the owner.
How the wallet, belonging to Mary Troy, wound up in the ceiling is up to conjecture, said Keefe.
“We are assuming it was some kind of prank,” the chief said. “There wasn’t any reason to believe there was any money or other valuables in it, so we are assuming it was a prank from another student who just tossed it up there and it was long forgotten about.”
Keefe tracked down Joseph Troy, the brother of the wallet’s owner. Mary Troy moved to St. Paul, Minnesota years ago, but will be returning in a couple of weeks to attend their mother’s birthday. She will retrieve her wallet then.
