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Tellers -- Where The Action Is Manning the front line of the bank in it# daily interactions with its customers are hardworking tellers, 29 of them in three buildings, assisted by 12 part timers, processing the thousands of transactions. Doris Wagner, head teller, supervises the taller department, training, advising, assigning and replacing them as needed. , These men and women use tools of >|be trade, the omnipresent teller machine, coin sorters, coin wrappers, pirotectograph for checks; certifying fnachlnes, adding machines micro­ fiche readers and the on-line savings Machine to complete the daily transactions. j. The tellers accept deposits, pay out Jtovlngs, cash checks, issue all kinds >jpf savings certificates, redeem tavlngs bonds, cash bond coupons, Issue money orders or certified checks, accept payments of Installment loans and real estate mortgages, and other services offered by the bank. I nthemainor Green Street building tellers are divided into three categories notes, commercial, and savings, and tend to specialize in Ihose functions. At the drive-up windows in the new^Carey Building and at Whispering^ Point tellers' functions are more general. And after a tough day in the trenches each teller must balance out her cash drawer and the whole unit must balance with the proof departm ent. Mrs. Wagner says that for a teller every workday is unique, and it is a good job if you like people. The busiest days are from the first to the fourth of the month after Social 'Security and pension checks are received, and weekly Thursdays and Fridays produce a lot of activity as payroll checks are brought in. Assistant ~head teller Margaret Cooper adds that through the tellers most of the detail work of the bank is accomplished. She helps to train the new employees and notes that it is not difficult to learn to operate the various machines. It consists mostly of learning which button to push. Her work covers immediate supervision of the 14 full time and 6 or more part time tellers at the main building. Mrs. Wagner says she started working in thebank as a senior in high school in 1957 and, with time out for a family, has 12 years of experience. She has worked through the lower level jobs to her promotions as head teller and assistant cashier. She attended the American Institute of Banking for principles of banking and bank teller courses, and subsequently a number of seminars for supervisors.. Sheadds the bank is the only place she has worked and would want to work. M argaret Cooper related she has 15 years experience as a teller and in 1970 was promoted to head teller at McH enry State B ank. P reviously she had worked as head teller at a R ound Lake bank. She had initially worked in the check ordering department till 1968. Her education includes attendance at the auditing school at the U niversitf~of Iowa in 1965 and on the job training at the several banks. She states unequivocally that the bank is a good place to work and her co-workers are "wonderful kids." Mrs. Wagner, heading the teller operations from the new Carey Building, said that the drive-in window hours at that location are from 8 a.m . to 5 p.m. daily, effective* Oct. 13, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturdays. The lobby hours are shorter she noted, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. She also said the obsolete drive- in windows at the main building on Green St« are no longer used and possible the building is slated for some remodeling later. Bank Is Named For West McHenry The beginnings of the McHenry community were unique in the simultaneous development of a number of separate business centers which resulted in two or more business areas competing with each other for a number of years. Oldtimers can remember Gagetown, which was called West McHenry and the several business districts on Green St. and on Riverside Dr. And the reasons therefore lie in the history of the area. The first settlers reached the area of the present city of McHenry in 1836 when the territory, then part of Cook County, was opened for settling. In the following session of the Legislature, the area, which now constitutes Lake and McHenry counties, was set off under the name of McHenry County, in honor of General McHenry, who fought in the war of 1812 and the later B lack H awk battles. T he village of McH enry was laid out in 1837 and it was designated as the county seat by commissioners appointed by the state legislature. However, in the session of 1838-39, McHenry County was divided into two, with the eastern portion becom ing L ake County, and McH enry lost its status as county seat to Woodstock, 1844. West McHenry (once called Gagetown) came into existence when therailroadreachedMcHenry in 1854 George Gage owned the site of this town and was largely instrumental in securing rail service. With the subdivision of this area and the resulting erection of necessary public and private buildings, business was drawn from the older east side until the villages were about equal and became rivals for the available com m erce. Business enterprises in McHenry showed an astonishing amount of growth in the years following the arrival of the three original settlers. The first post off ice was established in 1837, in a rude log building near what is now the Riverside Hotel. The railroad came in later, a half mile west of this com munity and finally the post office was moved to West McHenry in 1882 E fforts by residents of the older city of McHenry finally got another post office for their arjea and the two post offices existed in the same community until the West McHenry office was discontinued in 1965. The first store in the community was probably operated by a John (Continued on page 10) ^ •m > ; t . n - -- - " ' • 1 I u I imw IJ I i I I i Cammerc/a/ Te//ers: from the left - Frankle Albright, Kay Bauer, Joan Gray, Evelyn Albright, Marge Cooper and Cindy Johnson. Note tel lers: from the left - Doris Wagner, assistant cashier, Kathleen Moehllng, P am Umbarger, Ambrose Kitt l , Dorothy Haddlck and Joanne Brefeld. • r Drive In tel ler window: from the left - J udy Ort l leb, Debbie Winkler, Diane Nelss, and Linda Rosenkranx.- Tel lers at the Carey Building: from the left -Karen Peggy Mil ler , Donna Gaspers, Sue Klapperlch and Sal ly Kalvelage, Sue Mays, Audrey Burrows, Pat Vavrik, Weideman. Congratulations mtt The McHenry State Bank is now dedicating their new facility, the Gerald J. Carey Building, and on this significant occasion, the McHenry Realtors wish to congratulate them. The completion of this building is a milestone in the history of not only the McHenry State Bank, but also the history of the city of McHenry. Our city's boundaries are rapidly growing and our citizens are increasing in num­ ber. The reflection of this is clearly seen in our expan­ ding business community. The McHenry State Bank and the complete and con­ venient banking service they offer is one of the desirable features which is drawing new people and new business to our city. Able Realty 4410 W. Rte. 120 344-2500 Byrnes Bros. Inc. 4307 W. Rte. 120 385-6900 Century 21 Care Real Estate 3717 W. Elm St. 344-1033 ERA-RDG Realty 920 N. Front St. 385-9394 Century 21 Lake Region Realty 2210 W. Rte. 120 County Wide Realty 2803 W. Rte. 120 385-6670 Century 21 Choice Realty 7508 Hancock Dr. Wonder Lake 653-2211 Johnsburg Realtors 2313 W. Johnsburg Rd. 385-3030 Matchmaker May Realtors 3428 W. Elm St. 385-5220 McHenry County Realty 7314 Hancock Dr. Wonder Lake Rte. 120 at Crystal Lake Rd. 385-6990 McHenry Realty 4909 W. Rte. 120 385-5922 Residential Development Group 409 Kensington 385-8830 Wieser, Amore •4 & Assoc. 1618 N. Richmond Rd. 385-4880