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ft United Gas and Electric Company Issues Annual Report ^^inual report of the Western ' United Gas fend Electric Company made public last week shows that to- 1*1 operating revenues for 1936 were ^ $8,050,912.52 compared with $7,567,- 424.16 in 1935, an increase of $483,- 488.36 or 6.4 per cent. Total operating expenses and taxes were $5,657,463.36, compared with $5,- 126,743.39 in the previous year. The increase of $531,719.97 or 10.4 per cent, was $48,231.61 more than the increase irl operating revenues. Net income amounted to $890,531.40 in 1936; compared with $926,402.42 in 1935, a decrease of 3.9 per cent After the payment of $828,142.04 dividends on the bustanding preferred stocks, $62,389.36 was added to earned surplus as a result of the current year's operations. ' The increase of $483,488.36 over the ' previous year is attributable chiefly to the growtn of the company's electric, business, which showed an increase of $343,300.71 or 12.6 per cent. Revenues from the sale of electricity to $3,057,954,161, compared with $2,714,653.45. The gas business was greater by 102,581.76 or 2.4 per cent. Revenues from the. sale • of gas amounted to $4,452,489.37, compared with $4,349,- 907.61 in 1935. Taxes of aU kii^s increased $177,- 261.10_.or 24.8 per cent. Total gas sales in 1936 amounted to 44,935,551 therms, as Compared with 42,862,778 therms in 1#36, an increase of 4.8 per cent. Gas sales to domestic customers increased 4.7 per cent and to commercial and h* dustrial customers 23.9 per cent. Sales of natural gas to large industrial customers for boiler fuel and other purposes inceased Ifl per cent. Total electric service supplied by the company amounted to 93,820,931 kilowatt-hours, the largest in the history of the conipany, as compared with 78,084,903 kilowatt-hours in 1935, an increase of 20.2 per cent. . The company has been able,' over a period of years, to make its electric service available to 82 per, cent of the farms and rural establishments within the territory it serves' and 71 per cent of all establishments are now using this service. By the end of 1937 it is expected the company will have electric service available to practically all farms within its territory. The stockholders of the company as of Dec. 31, 1936 numbered 8,160, com pared with 6,701 at the elose of the previous year. This increase is due principally to the transfer by Western United Corporation, in the caly part of 1936, of 32,lM"*shares of the company's six pe'r cent preferred stock to former stockholders of the corporation's preferred shares, in connection with the liquidation of that corporation.. ' / The number of customers served with gas ijnereasied from 90,974 at the close of 1935 to 92,812 at the close Of 1936, The number of electriq customers increased from 41,398 in 1935 to 42,141 at the close of the year. . At the. close of the year the company and subsidiaries had 1,105 employes on the payroll. The average service of all employes is now eleven years, and 70 per cent have been employed for five years or longer. Glasses Pitted Eyes Dr. Paul A. Schwabe Examined OPTOMETRIST A. E. NYti BUILDING Thursday Afternoon Wes* McHenry Hours, 1:30 - 5 .-00--Phone 123-J SPECIAL TH1S WEEK Decorated SALAD BOWX m 171c i:-- 81 ML Here'® a salad bowl, delicate--•* dainty--pretty as a picture. Delicate in the softness of its pastel colore ---dainty in the grace of its curves and fluted rim. It adds the touch of: cool, pleasant color that so often transforms a plain table • into a :one. -------- -* Stop in today :crtlcf' ssiN©' TWO TO A CUSTOMER m ' " <01 WM. H. ALTHOFF HARDWARE Main Street West McHenry The Volo Cemetery Society met at the home of Mrs. Frank King Thursday afternoon. Three tables of auction five hundred and three tables of airplane bunco were played. Prizeswere won by Mrs. Roy Passfield, Mrs. Wm. Hironimus, Mrs. Dorothy Vasey in auction five hundred; Mrs. E. Hen dee,- Mrs. Rose Dunnell and Mrs. Geo. I Dowell in airplane bunco. A dainty lunch was served, which completed a very pleasant afternoon. Mrs. Ida Fisher is spending a few days with her sister, Mrs. J. Vasey in McHenry. Mr. and Mtrs. Lloyd Fisher and daughter, Mar^ Lou, and Mrs. Sarah Fisher farm to the Wfclmseley farm Tuesday. * Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Wright and daughter moved from the Thomas Fisehr farm to the Walmseley farm on the River Road Tuesday.-- Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hironimus and family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hironimus and daughter • moved on the Thomas Fisher farm, and Mrs. Ida Fisher moved into Mrs. C. Frost's house in Volo. Mrs. £lmer Kochens has purchased the Thomas Fisher farm, and Mrs. Ida Fisher has purchased Mrs. Catherine Frost's home in Volo. Mr. and; Mrs. George Dowell and son motored to Elgin on business on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs.-William Dillion and family were Sunday dinner guests nt the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Walker in Chicago. Mrs. Walker was formerly Miss Dorothy Dillion. Mrs. Richard Cronin of McHenry spent a few days here with her sister, Mrs. Frank Hironimus. Mr. and Mrs; Walter Vasey called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Grabbe near Crystal Lake Thursday. Mrs. Margaret Grabbe of Crystal Lake is spending a few days here withher daughter, Mrs, Walter Vasey. * Miss Vinnie Bacon was a McHenry caller Saturday. M*s. Statford of Harvard vi&ited Mr. and Mrs. Paul O'Leary Monday. Mr. and Mrs. E. Rossdeutcher spent Monday evening at the home of Matt Rossdeutcher near Round Lake. Mr. and Mrs. John Passfield called on the tatter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dowell at Slocum's Lake on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wagrra* of Chicago visited Mr. and Mrs. F J. F. Wagner Wednesday. f Mrs. Louise Jones of Wooster Lake spent Wednesday afternoon here with Mrs. J. F. Lenzen. Mr. and Mrs. J. Titus of Grayslake spent Wednesday here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Henkel. \ Mr. and Mrs. Paul Chase of Antibch, and Mr. and Mrs. A. Sieser of Grayslake spent Tuesday evening here with Mr. and Mrs. L. Littlefield. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Martini visited relatives in Chicago Thursday, ___ Mr. and Mrs. L. Littlefield visited Mr. and Mrs. N. Littlefield at Waukegan Monday. Miss Hilda Oeffling of Waukegan spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Oeffl$g. Mr. and Mrs. J. Titus and Biirs. Geo. Titus of Grayslake spent Thursday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Henkel, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. E. Rossdeutcher were Tuesday dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Rossdeutcher in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Jay Vasey and family, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Passfield, Raymond Dowell and Carl Thorsell attended a card party and dance at the Druce Lake school Saturday, evening. Mrs. Soy Passfield and Mr. Vasey, captured first prizes in five hundred. oma Is YOUR Insurance ^ of scientific figure analysis . and a correctly fitted corset This diploma is u precious as a pearl of great price! It is awarded only to those coraetierea who attend the Gossard Corset Training School and pass the examinations in figure analysis and cor set fitting®. With it goes the degree of Graduate Corsetiere -- assuring you of correct attention. 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Now, I don't make no notes, and when I gets up to talk, neither me nor th' debbil himself knows what v I'm gwitte t' say." , •' A DSfferent Matter 5 ^ Alf Alfey--How long, has that hired man worked for you? Rube Barbe---About two days, I guess. : , y Alf--I thought' he had been here more than a month. ; Rube--He has.--Exchange.' * Going Yet Solicitor--In that case you may have grounds for a separation When did your husband desert you? Client--Last night. I stopped to look in a milliner's window--and he walked on! MODERN WIFIE Mr. and Mrs. Nick Nett and family have moved to McHenry, where they will operate a tavern. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin May fire th© happy parents of a daughter, borrt Friday, March 5. She was christened Ann Marie at St. Peter's church on Sunday afternoon. > Mrs. Arthur Kattnerwas hostess to the members of her club Friday evening. Two tables of five hundred were in play and prizes were awarded to Mrs. Steve Schaefer an# Mm. Alice Wagner, a guest. Consolation went to Mrs. Frank Sanders. The serving of a lovely lunch brought .this pleasant evening to a close. Mr. and Mrs. A] Schmeltzer visited relatives in Rockford over "the weekend. ,. >• Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hawkins of Glen Ellyn and Mr. and Mrs. Victor Isackson, Chicago, were Sunday Visitors in the J. G. Wagner and B. L. Orvis homes. Mrs. George W. May and children spent Sunday afternoon with lier sister, Mrs: Charles J. Freund. Mr. and Mrs.'Arthur Huff and family motored from Chicago Sunday to spend the day with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Huff. A large crowd attended the bingo Pfirty at St. Peter's Hall on Sunday night. George Huff was the lucky Winner of the special prize. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Wagner visited in the Leonard Franzen home at Ringwood, Sunday. Misses Berniece and Lucille Nimsjgern, who are employed in Chicago, , spent Sunday with home folks. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Erickson, Chicago, spent Sunday with M£~aftd\ Mrs. Joseph Brown and family. Mrs. Jacob May and daughter, Pauline, visited Mrs. Phillip May, Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Newly wed--Why have you those fashion plates out in addition to the cook book, my dear? Mrs. Newlywed -- I thought I'd need both in making flannel cakes. Sunshine Surfeit "You must look on the sunny side of life", " said ui6 gentle friend. "That's just what I'm tired of doing," answered Farmer Corntossel. "After this drouth what I want to do is to trade off sunshine for raiii, thunder and lightning." Time Out Stew -- Why does a dog turn around three times before lying down? Pidd -- If the animal be a watch dog, fellow, I should say he is trying to wind himself up! ;" ; ' . RESIDENCE CHANGES Mr. and Mrs. Albert Grever have moved from the W. F. Burke house to the Kennebeck house on Route 20, east of McHenry^ Mr. and Mrs. Joe Nimsgern moved from the Kennebeck house to his mother's farm near Solon. The W. F. Burke home is being redecorated and will also receive a coat of paiht on the outside. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Larson of Chicago will move into it about April 1. The William Ricketts family has moved from the Brefeld building on Main street to Johnsburg. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Weingart and family moved their furniture this week from the1 John S. Freund farm to the Mrs. Georgie A. Meine house on Waukegan street. For the present they will occupy the Pich pottage in the north end of town until Mrs. Rudolph Johnson, who1'now occupies the Meipe house, moves to Pistakee Bay about April 1. . Mr. and Mrs. George B. Tonyan have moved into the H. J. Schaffer house on Main street. Mr. aud Mrs. H. C. Hughes are residing in the Joos flat in the north end of town since their home was destroyed by fire lust week. 'Ilieliird Patzke spent Thur*d«y*wHh his grandparents, Mr. and -Mrs. William Sund, at Ridgefield. Miss Augusta Buchert of Elgin spdrit the weekend in the home of her brother. ' Mrs. H. E. Durland visited her mother at Henrotin hospital, Chicago, Saturday. ' Billy Kinsala spent the "weekend in Chicago. v Mrs. F. A. Bohlander was a Chicago visitor Saturday. Miss Arleen Bacon of Waukegan spent the weekend at her home here. Bob Beckenbaugh and sister, Virginia, of Chicago spent Sunday at their home here. J. B. Kelter %aa a Chicago visitor Monday., Miss Lenore Frisby of Woodstock spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rob Frisby. -- Mary Celine Adams of Elgin spent the weekend at the farm home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Adams. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brooks and son were weekend Chicago visitors. Recent guests of Miss Nancy Frisby were Mrs. Mina Frisby and daughter, Nancy, Mrs. S. Walsh, son, Vincent, and-Mary Kenneally, of Elgin. Mrs. Vaughn Jones of Chicago spent the weekend with ljer husband in the C. W. Goodell home. Harriet Bdger of Chicago spent the weekend here. Miss Ruth Phalin of Chicago visited, over the weekend, in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Phalin. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Schaffer and family of Crystal Lake visited relatives here Sunday. ^ Mr. and Mrs. Boyko and daughter, Connie, returned Saturday from Thnnday, ifareh 11,1W7 JftckBonvQle, Fl«, fttn Ike. .put the winter. , John Roney of Wauconda was a local Sunday visitor. William Young and friend ami'Miss Roslna Freund of Elgin visited Aslatrves here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Young #*>4 family of Waukegan spent Sunday with relatives here. Mrs. Catherine Young is spending a few weeks in the home of her son •t Harvard. Mr. and Mrs. William Ricks and John Ricks spent the weekend -at their cottage on Fox river. .* t Jfrs. Joanna Walsh of Fox Ltike visited her sisters here Sunday. f " Hubert Smith returned home Thursday from St. Therese's hospital, Waukegan. He is recovering from a recent operation. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dowling of Indianapolis, Ind., visited her mother, Mrs. F. O. Gans, Sunday. * Mr. and Mrs. Dick Smith of Chicago spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Kilday. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Purvey and daughter of Chicago spent the weekend with home folks. ; Miss Mercedes Hayes " of Chicago spent Sunday with her mother. Miss Ruth Reihansperger returned to Rockford college Monday after, spending the weekend at her home: Miss Maurie Taylor, high school teacher, was absent from her teaching duties the first of the week because of illness. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Burke hare returneef from a visit with her sister at Cleveland ,\0. Melvin Passfield spent the weekend in El^in with his cousin, Dslwtt Dowell./ » 'U :: hx I % \ service . l§ our middle uamtl Our trained men will give your car the b«A lubrication job in town; Quickly; cheerfully and competently. At the right prices, too. Our attendants use the latest greasing equip* ment and Rotary Lift which aids them to reach accurately all the working parts your car. Try us on the next job--especially if you happen to be in a hurry. 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