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PAGE 24-PLAINDEALER-WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 5, 1973 Bank? A Bank Is Many Things... A bank is friend, partner, adviser, watchdog It's the community cash register....the town's hope chest., the trustee for tomorrow. It is lender, borrower, bookkeeper, accountant.... It lends money...collects money...counts money...changes money. A bank is more than just a building...It is more than bricks, concrete, windows and doors.... There are old banks in new buildings...and new banks in old buildings. A bank is the community strongbox...the public pocket book...a sentinal of safekeeping. A bank is people...and trust and integrity...honor and strength. But old or young, large or small...a bank is a dealer in dreams. There are banks that help farmers plant crops and banks that heTp people build homes...and banks that help towns grow, expand, and make progress. Banks help people buy homes...send daughters and sons to, college...pay hospital bills... A bank is the community wallet... A bank helps people buy cars, take vacations, start businesses, remodel homes, straighten little Susie's teeth, and send Junior to the state University. A bank is more than a friendly lobby, a strong vault, money drawers and helpful executives... A bank is an idea exchange...a merchant of progress...Many a great factory grew because a bank had faith' in a new idea...Many a community enterprise prospered because a bank helped along a dream. Banks are romantic... Little old ladies keep faded wedding pictures in safety deposit vaults...and parents keep birth certificates in banks for safety...and heirlooms...and deeds and marriage licenses and honorable discharges... Banks are filled with the drama of life...A proud father opens a $1 savings account for a new child...A little boy deposits $2.50 earned mowing lawns...A bashful lad withdraws $5 to buy a corsage to take a girl to a social event. Banks sail the seven seas yet never leave home...The McHenry State Bank cashes a check from a son...and your bank sells a cashier's check for purchase made in another country...and sells a travelers check that will be cashed in Bombay, India... This is a bank...many things to many people...the financial heartbeatof the community...a friend and partner to all. 'McHenry People Serving McHenry Since 1906" McHENRY STATE BANK 3510 WEST ELM STREET McHENRY, ILL. PHONE: 385-1040 A FULL SERVICE BANK