Monday, August 13, 2007
"Here's a Xmas Dinner for the Families on Relief"
by Ken Houghton
Somewhere, that year at least, Pretty Boy Floyd was smiling.
Tanta at CR excerpts this gem:
The holiday season in Cordell, Oklahoma, did not start off on a merry note back in 1987. Just a month shy of Christmas, Farmers National Bank of Cordell failed...
At Farmers’ closing, FDIC staff noticed an asset labeled “turkeys” on the bank’s books. When asked about the entry, bank employees directed the FDIC staff to a cold storage locker filled with frozen turkeys—literally thousands of them. The records about the turkeys’ ownership were incomplete, but bank employees assured the FDIC that the turkeys had been repossessed....
With the holidays drawing closer, the FDIC staff decided to spread some good cheer by donating the turkeys to a homeless shelter and food pantry in Oklahoma City. Christmas was certainly much brighter for many homeless people that year.
Somewhere, that year at least, Pretty Boy Floyd was smiling.
