"Milford man pays off mortgage in pennies" by Martine Powers | Globe staff, July 07, 2012
MILFORD — A few hours after Thomas Daigle and his wife signed their names to a 35-year mortgage back in 1977, Daigle spotted a one-cent coin in the parking lot and stooped to pick it up. Flipping the cent in the air, he turned to his wife, Sandra.
“A penny toward the mortgage,” Daigle declared.
Sandra laughed. Daigle pocketed the coin, but he had an idea.
Daigle, 60, has finally fulfilled the goal he set for himself decades ago: Arriving at the Milford Federal Savings and Loan Association in April with two 200-pound steel boxes, Daigle paid off the couple’s final mortgage payment with the contents — more than 62,000 pennies.
That day was also the couple’s 35th wedding anniversary. Daigle hopes his story, first reported Wednesday in the Milford Daily News, will teach others the value of good old-fashioned long-term commitment....
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Yeah, banks are great says the media mouthpiece.
Also see: Penny For Your Thoughts
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