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SUPPLEMENT TO THE McHENRY PLAINIDDEEJA LER ;v "S» Thursday, July 26, 1956 Colonial Design In One Of Slate's Most Modern Banks The new McHenry State bank 1 pository which is located to the on the landscaped comer of Green and Elm streets is Georgian colonial in design. A cupola with clock and weathervane top the one flbor building to add to the colonial appearance. The entrance on Elm street is surrounded by beautiful flowers and shrubs which continue along both sides of the brick structure. To the rear of the lot oh Green street is' the entrance to the parking lot and drive-in window. The parking facilities should be adequate as they are to be used only by customers while transacting bank business. The exit to the parking lot is on Elm street on the west side of the building. Before entering the bank, you will notice the day and night deright of the front door. It will be possible to make deposits, note payments and many other banking transactions during any time of the day or night. The night depository will also handle large cash deposits by use of a key for those customers that avail themselves of this service. All items put in the day and night depository will fall into a large safe, especially constructed for that purpose within the walls of the bank. Interior design of the bank will carry out the colonial theme also, yet will provide for the most modern methods .of customer service. chandeliers will also reflect the early American motif. The bank will be completely air conditioned, with acoustical tile ceilings. Music will be piped over the complete new building and programs arranged to best please varied tastes. Upon entering the bank, visitors will step into a spacious lobby with black >and white tile floor. This part of the bank is decorated in cream with a moss green trim. Directly in front will be eight teller stations clearly marked to Indicate what form of loan or exchange business each teller handles. Conveniently located in the lobby are two check desks for the use of the customers. To the left of the entrance is a public telephone and customers' lounge. To the right of the front entrance is the office of the cashier, Robert L. Weber, this area Semicircular teller also contains the night, deposicounters will have panel mold-! tory safe. Adjoining this room ings of colonial design. Orna- is the office of the president, mental aluminum rails and brass ! Gerald J. Carey. Mr. Carey s office will. also serve as the directors' r6om. Both offices are finished in green with coppercolored carpeting and gold and white draperies. Especially designed mahogany furniture completes the two private offices. Behind the railinf to the right of the lobby will be the officers' section, where Assistant Cashiers James E. Larkin, Thomas F. Bolger and Verne E. Harrison will be located. This green carpeted area will also include desks for the use of a receptionist and stenographer. Beyond the tellers' counters, to the right, is the entrance to the safety deposit box lobby, where the statement clerk and vault custodian will be stationed. There are four private booths to which patrons may take their safety deposit boxies for inspection or other purposes. Provided also is a conference room with desk and chairs for use of box holders. Possibly the most impressive feature of many is the huge vault, which is 17 feet by 13 feet of reinforced concrete 18 inches thick. The massive vault door is the new Mosler Century 10-inch and is the first installation of its kind in the middle west. The combination locks are capable of 100 million changes. This means that if a safecracker spun a new combination every minute, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, it would take him more than 190 years before he could exhaust the possible combination changes on even one lock. So finely tooled is this multi-ton door, that a child can move it with a touch of the finger. Within the vault are 800 new safety deposit boxes in addition to these moved from the old building. There are provisions for adding additional boxes as needed. Adjoining the safety deposit vault is the bank's vault for the storing of money, and securities. Included in the vault is the burglar alarm and vault ventilator. Entrance to the bookkeeping yoom, decorated in yellow and green, is j^ade from the vault lobby. This room is where most of the detail work is done. The work of the girls in this department is of just as great importance as any other in the bank. It is here that your monthly statements will be prepared along, with the bank's record of each individual account. Included in this room, in addition to the Burroughs Sensimatic bookkeeping machines, yOu will find the proof department. Every transaction handled by Jthe tellers has to be proved ana routed to the proper department. This is done with the aid of an IBM proof machine which has the capacity for making twenty-four separate totals. The operation of the proof machine is also one of the bank's more important assignments. Many other machines used to enable the McHenry State bank to furnish the most modern and efficient service possible will be McHENRY STATE BANK BOARD OF DIRECTORS found here. Among themwill be a check imprinter which provides pockiet size checks free of charge for each checking account, also a micro-filming device and reader which provides a film record of all checks handled by the bank. The graphotype and addressograph equipment used to make plates for heading up customer statements and an automatic coin packaging machine is located here. Of special interest will be the drive-in window enclosure housing a bay type Mosler electric drive-in window. This is a completely automatic teller unit with microphone and speaker to enable the. customer and teller to carry on a normal conversation. Entrance to the main teller stations will be gained through the locked door leading from the bookkeeping room. Each teller will have his oWh individual cash drawers and safe with return counters. There are sufficient drawers in each unit to provide the tellers with all the necessary supplies for fast, efficient service. Located in the •savings department will be a new Burroughs savings machine enabling the teller to post the customer's pass book and bank record in one operation. Directly behind the teller's station will be an automatic fcoiri sorter and counter, check writer, certifying machine and typewriters. The stairway leading to the < basement is in the rear of the bookkeeping room. At the bottom of the stairs is a large storage vault with a safety doo^ to prevent "lockins". Just be^ yond the vault are the ladies' and men's lounges. In the center of this completely decorated basement is the employees' kitchen and dining area. Beyond the men's lounge is a separate room housing the equipment for the modern telephone system. Also provided is a room for use of the bank examiners, janitor's room, receiving room for supj^ plies and huge storage room fo™ bank records. The law requires that many of the banking records be kept permanently. Records from the first day's business in 1906 were uncovered while moving. The service stairway on the west side of the building leads to the engineering room. In this room can be found the most modern machinery in the worlA for providing heat, air condi^ tioning and many other conveniences fOr the customers and employees of the McHenry State bank. ROBERT L. WEBER Cashier Robert L. Weber has the longest continuous tecord of service of any present employee or officer »f the McHenry State Bank. Mr. Weber joined the staff of the bank in 1925 and was nanled assistant cashier the following year. He was elevated to cashier in 1943 and elected to the Board of Directors in 1950. He resides at 1007 Center Street in McHenry. WILLIAM M. CARROLL Chairman 'of the Board William M. Carroll who resides in Woodstock is currently Judge of the Circuit Court for McHenry, Lake, Winnebago and Boone Counties. He is - also serving as Judge of the Appellate Court, Third District Springfield. He previously served as State Representative from the eigfhth district and as Sjtates Attorney for McHenry County. Judge Carroll was elected a director of the McHenry State Bank in 1933 and elected chairman of the Board of Directors in 1937 CHARLES J. REIHANSPERGER Vice President Charles J. Reihansperger came to McHenry in 1915 from WeSt Chicago, Illinois. He was elected to the Board of Directors of the McHenry State Bank in 1933. He was named to his current position of vice president in 1937. Mr, Reihansperger is a partner in the insurance firm of Stoffel and Reihansperger and resides at 306 Waukegan Road in McHenry. W. A. NYE M. D. Director Dr. Nye is a graduate of the University of Illinois School of Medicine. He has been a practicing physician and surgeon in McHenry since 1932 with the exception of four years as a Naval Officer during World War II. He was elected to the Board of Directors of the McHenry State Bank in 1939 and resides on Bay View Lane, Pistakee Bay, McHenry. ST WISHES from GEORGE R. JUSTEN & SON FURNISHING PHONE 103 101 So. Green St. We are pleased and proud McHenry, the Plumbing, Heating and in the New McHenry to have installed Air-Conditioni 3 Bank. <•••••••• . • V. ;>. C0MGRA' W'B: 1 , V* * * * : • \ • . ' •, :V-': , t-r- •• IE5T WISHES AND 11SI m H.E. BUCH & SONS Route 120 East Plumbing Heating Phone 48 Air-Conditioners Appliances McHenry, Illinois