Sunday, February 19, 2012

Dundalk Man Shows Honesty Still Best Policy

We all get tired of the news focusing on what's negative in the world, so when we hear a story about good old-fashioned honesty, it touches the heart. Sal Dorcharp, 61, of Dundalk MD, discovered a wallet lying on the sidewalk not far from his home. The wallet belonged to Vic Hemple, 48, a factory worker from Middle River, MD. Hemple had just withdrawn 1,000.00 dollars from his bank account in order to pay his mortgage and feed his family of four when he dropped his wallet. Who among us would have done the noble act that Sal Dorcharp did and return 100 of those 1,000 dollars to the rightful owner? "I saw his driver's license in the wallet and knew taking the entire 1,000 dollars would have been wrong. I thought to myself, 'hey, it's still 900 dollars found money'. Anyway, I was raised to always do the right thing, and returned the wallet with the 100 bucks."  Hemple, the recipient of this noble gesture, remarked that he was grateful that good people are still out there. "Even though I won't be able to make the mortgage, with those 100 bucks, we should be able to eat this week."

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