Glenwood State Bank

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Glenwood State Bank and asked the guard, ‘Did you hear that the vault talks when no one’s around?’ The guard shook his head, grinning. 'No, I didn’t.' He paused, then added with a twinkle in his eye, 'But it sure would explain why our deposits always seem to grow overnight!' The delivery driver laughed heartily as he drove off, muttering something about checking back later.

2. A local artist stopped by one afternoon with an unusual request for the teller. He claimed he needed to deposit a painting that could change color depending on the weather. The teller raised an eyebrow but agreed to take it. A week later, the artist returned and asked if his painting had changed colors yet. The teller smiled and pointed up: ‘It’s now your favorite shade of green—must be the new grass outside!’ Everyone laughed, including the artist, who realized his masterpiece was actually just a large canvas with a weather-resistant paint job.

3. A little old lady walked into the bank one day, carrying her shopping bag filled with groceries. She approached the counter and said to the teller, 'I’d like to make a deposit—my weekly allowance.' The teller smiled warmly and asked how much she wanted to deposit. The woman replied, ‘Just my usual twenty dollars.’ As she placed the bills on the counter, she added, ‘And could you please put it in that special envelope for me?’ Curious, the teller took the envelope marked ‘Weekly Allowance’ and carefully slipped the money inside. Later that afternoon, when the bank manager opened his lunchbox, he found an entire week’s worth of groceries instead!’

4. Have you heard about the time a customer tried to deposit a check written in invisible ink? The teller just smiled and said it was their most mysterious transaction yet. Next week, an elderly neighbor came in with a stack of old checks from the ’80s. When asked why he was cashing them now, he replied, ‘I finally found the decoder ring!’ Everyone laughed so hard that even the usually stoic bank manager cracked a smile.