I found Jimmy Tual‘s Cub Scout Graduation certificate at Second Time Around Flea Market. I can’t remember when I found it, because I kept it for quite a while. I thought it was cute and I like Cub/Boy Scout items.

In December 2014, I decided to look up the names on the certificate. I was saddened to discover that Jimmy had died 21 April 2012.  But I also discovered that he had a twin brother named Blanchard! So I wanted to contact him and ask if he would be interested in his brother’s certificated.

As I have done before, I sent photocopies of the item to an address I found on whitepages.com to make sure it was correct and wanted. I quickly received a phone called from Blanchard, who is a really nice guy! And he was really happy at the possibility of having it returned.

During the holidays, I came across something else related to the Tual family. A Malco pass to a free movie from 1961, made out to his parents Mr. and Mrs. Blanchard Tual.

It was very close to Christmas, and he had family in town, so schedules were busy and it was forgotten about. On 16 January 2015, I hand delivered the items wrapped as a package to the Tual house, which happened to be just a couple minutes from my own.

Ten days later, I received a thank you letter from Blanchard.