Mary Allen Hood decided recently that she wanted to buy her high school class ring. The fact that she is 97 and graduated in 1928 did not deter her from calling up Washington-Lee High School in Virginia and asking if they could help her fulfill this little dream. School officials managed to find a 1937 model on which the ring company based a design and Hood happily ponied over $513.04 to pay for it. After her story made the news, the management at Hess Construction Company decided they wanted to pay for her ring. The reason? They’re about to demolish Washington-Lee High School, home of the memories her ring will hold, and build a completely new facility.