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'•-ib' >< w i l|t J-'. 5p^t g; I St'- '•-':'?""i^b.4'^.r . ;o':> m: »:!W®f*> * _ ' .' - •>..• '-'.r v..?.-v 153®;;^ a •Pr "';• " .'•^'ssw'c; v :t.&Wi>i ' " IS " ' ' , ' * . *W'b -. Fred Kupstis receiving as it ar- M:^i A ^ •• _ J < number tell the computer when to start and when >v.-\ ,•_• _ •H ra tils I'T-.-'A; "iii' H?f.: [ ; . . i , IS.'ivWtVW \wm" ;-i; ri'.S^.- I ' l » *> »' I •V'- ^«-V! i&k ••irWif*:-!-f'$ u •"'$M i, v*^4r'-.v p<- •;iH$n: / ' *i1 Aj i •>i - \,.\ 7<%J rx • v^11 This is pari of the computer equipment at the Northern Trust Company in Chicago, which processes the McHenry State Bank's 8;500 accounts in eight minutes each evening. ,. The Northern Trust company has served as the local bank's main Chicago correspondent for a number of years. The long relationship between the two banks was a contributing factor in the selection of this system. The primary reaawcibr selecting this system, however, was that Northern's systemWttesignedby bankers to do a bank operation. Many other computer centers, while doing line work, are not entirely oriented to^wAlthe commercial bank operation. PHOTO BY&RICH-BLESSING , JS. '•'^1 '. r"' . • • • •• •; : - • • • . . . , • i !. - i ' < I • " ' I ... • t- -',,4 :!?! T*"': Auditor Edwin J. Becker, Jr.j and Carol Sompel are for the entire bookkeeping department. Their willingness shown checking the incoming shipment of processed items to work Wednesdays and after hours was the main contrias it arrives from the computer center. buting factor in the bank being ready for the switch over Ed Becker with assistance from Lillian Cairns and date. Fred Kupstis was in charge of the preparation for the changeover. This preparation resulted in many extra hours *v- • • ss T S* A ^ 'Jl •#V " I 'mUi :• .a Document handlers, Sue Rosing, Dolores Strossner, Terry Larkin, Lois Parlow, Madeline Hess, Kathy Vogt and Diane Hiller, prove that people are still important as they inspect the checks before final payment. As remarkable as computers are, they still cannot discover a forged signature or spot an incorrect endorsement or the many other things these young ladies are trainedtodo. These girls will also mail out statements four times a moqth>according to the cycling schedule provided to the computer. Denise Simon is shown in the background posting installment loans which is still done in the conventionaliitianner. wlamHBmlfmra.i > J 5 "Y'Wr:: V4'Sj / *4$ ¥ I *4 $ fi'i* f McHenry State Bank ' . ^ fyA: •-- , • • '• • < i*.' "f, -:v. v r •' « v i\ r X* . ' ' ' ' ' / ' - " •Vi . i" N: • .-'«V l>:. :V: •£~L$ vd-3, fx~ - fe.:. *; • ' t i / y 'V " - Mary Ann Arseneau answers a telephone inquiry while The girls will ask you also to remember YOUR NAME as information clerks Jean Kattner and Marge Riordan go over each individual customer is still most important to them the daily reports. and all reports carry the account name as well as account When making an inquiry you will save time by giving number. your account number as the computer works by numbers. Sandy Berkley is shown checking the tape of ohe of the new IBM electronic inscriber 1260 proof machines. Three such machines operated by Ruth Leska, Ulrike Mueller, and Yvonne Ryden will be required to handle the up to twenty thousand items daily at the McHenry State Bank. This remarkable machine not only balances the transactions coming from the tellers, but carries sixteen separate totals while inscribing in magnetic ink the amount on each document. It also supplies the bank endorsement and date on each chect£. Sandy Berkley operates the new IBM electronic inscriber proof machine. • vv* *-**-••• v;As • V mmm Linda Stavetieg is shown with one of the Burroughs bookkeeping machines that has served so faithfully for so many years. The machine is being replaced - Linda is not -- by the computer. Tlie fine bookkeeping staff will be ife-assigned to new duties in the bookkeeping room or to other departments throughout the bank. \ The carton in the background is the Check imprinter on its way back to the factory for reconditioning and probable re-assignments to a smaller bank somewhere. The system of printing customer's checks on premises had to be abandoned because of the difficulty of working with magnetic ink. It is most difficult to do an acceptable job for the computer with an on premises printing operation. j- Yvonne Ryden is shown photographing all items before shipment to the computer center. Hie new modern Bell and #ATU]|jk mx\ Howell micro film equipment also cancels the checkers the final step before filing. \X:k McHenry County's Largest The Area's Finest financial Institution Assistant Cashier Lillian Cairns and Control Clerk Fred Kupstis check daily journal printed by the computer at the rate of 1,000 lines per minute. This journal replaces the stacks of ledgers shoWn in the foreground in providing the necessary information on the McHenry State Bank* s 8500 checking accounts. The excellent Bookkeeping Department, under the supervision of Mrs. Cairns, has been the pride of the McHenry State Bank for many years. The banking industry has developed and discarded many different and varied bookkeeping systems thru the years. During this time the local bank concentrated on well - trained personnel rather than unproven equipment. When the McHenry State Bank's resources neared forty million dollars, it became increasingly apparent with each passing day that the systems and methods being used could no longer keep pace. The Board of Directors instructed the bank officers to investigate the Various methods and systems available. Much research was done under the direction of Vice President Richard J. Zieman before a final decision was made. 385-1040 RB • •/- 1 *'** "-t '• A - :-••• : I ' >->•* •