She finds '70 class ring and seeks its owner

A 1970 Morgan City High School class ring, found in December 2013 nearly 500 miles away in Texas, is trying to make its way back to its owner.
Nancy Barnes, of Blue Ridge, Texas, said she purchased a used dresser from St. Vincent de Paul in Plano, Texas, in December 2013. She then put the dresser in storage because she was building a house. Barnes recently took the dresser out of storage and into the house.
As she started taking out the drawers of the dresser in order to paint it, Barnes located a bank statement, a couple of greeting cards and a class ring, she said. The bank statement in the drawer provided Barnes with the name of the owner of the ring, Paul Ordogne, who attended Morgan City High School graduating in 1970.
The initials on the class ring are “P.O.” so she assumes Paul Ordogne was the owner, she said. Morgan City High School Principal Mickey Fabre confirmed this morning that a Paul Ordogne did graduate from Morgan City High School in 1970. Fabre’s secretary contacted Ordogne’s mother informing her that the ring was found, he said.
Barnes searched for Paul Ordogne online and discovered a man by that name lives either in Morgan City or Mandeville or someplace in Louisiana, she said.
Ordogne’s mother, Marcelle Ordogne, who still lives in Morgan City, said Paul Ordogne now lives in New Mexico, but she could not locate a phone number for him this morning.
The facts that Barnes found the ring at a thrift store in the Dallas area so far away from Morgan City and that the ring stayed in the drawer for so many years makes the find even “more bizarre,” Barnes said.
“This piece of furniture has moved from place to place to place, and these items were in there all that time,” Barnes said.
The Daily Review got a phone number for Paul Ordogne’s brother, Mark Ordogne, and left a message but had not received a call back this morning.
“My goal is just to return this class ring to him if he wants it,” Barnes said. “If someone found something of mine like that, a keepsake … if they made an attempt to find me. … I would be very grateful.”
Barnes does not want a reward, she said. Barnes asked anyone with information on how to get in touch with Paul Ordogne to call her at 972-533-3748.

This story was written by Zachary Fitzgerald of The Daily Review staff. Reach him at zfitzgerald@daily-review.com