Maybe some of our Texan members will find this of interest.

From the ADN

SAN ANTONIO — A Texas sheriff's office has joined the hunt for the owner of a cigarette lighter used by a deputy more than 50 years ago but recently purchased in Alaska.

The Bexar County Sheriff's Office on Monday posted a photo of the lighter on its Facebook page [2].

Sheriff's officials in San Antonio are checking the records for a Deputy Mitchell, who apparently served in the 1940s or 1950s.

A former San Antonio man, Doug Williams, saw the lighter Friday at an antiques store in Anchorage. A badge attached to the lighter has the words "Mitchell," ''Deputy Sheriff Bexar County" and "1294."

Williams recognized Bexar County, where he once lived, and bought the lighter for $45. Williams posted a photo of the lighter online in an effort to find Mitchell, saying he wants to learn more about the deputy.

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Lost my high school class ring in San Antonio when I taught Basic Training in the mid-80s. Maybe I've been looking in the wrong places!

I lost my high school class ring in Houston 40 years ago. Each week I look around here for it. I know this is not Houston, but it would be just too much trouble to drive all the way to Houston to look for it. So I look for it where I can.

I can't say much but I lost mine at a girls house. Best guess is her younger brother stole it. Ain't seen it sense.

Per todays ADN Deputy Mitchell has been found and will be reunited with his long lost lighter.

Happy ending. Good deal.

That's a good story. Most, including me, old retired Deputies/Officers have things that mean something to'm. This was likely one of those things.