Full Text of HR1456 94th General Assembly
HR1456 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois are pleased to recognize the 100th | 4 |
| anniversary of Ronchetti Distributing Company in Mattoon; and
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| WHEREAS, Ronchetti Distributing recently celebrated its | 6 |
| 100th anniversary as a family-owned wholesale beer distributor | 7 |
| for St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch; and
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| WHEREAS, The company was founded by Felix Ronchetti in 1906 | 9 |
| in the western Illinois town of Benld, delivering Pabst beer; | 10 |
| in 1914, Mr. Ronchetti moved to Nokomis and purchased the | 11 |
| Budweiser distributing business there; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, During Prohibition in the 1920s, Ronchetti | 13 |
| Distributing survived through the delivery of soft drinks; the | 14 |
| business acquired the Mattoon distribution area for | 15 |
| Anheuser-Busch in 1934, and Frank Ronchetti, son of Felix | 16 |
| Ronchetti, took over the operation there; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1971, Bob Ronchetti began working for the | 18 |
| family business as a driver/salesman, and he became owner when | 19 |
| his father, Frank Ronchetti, passed away in 1981; when Bob | 20 |
| Ronchetti took over as owner, the company distributed just | 21 |
| Budweiser, Michelob, and Busch beers; today, Ronchetti | 22 |
| Distributing handles 20 different brands and more than 100 | 23 |
| products; and | 24 |
| WHEREAS, The company's building on south Lakeland | 25 |
| Boulevard, built in 1973, is the fourth Ronchetti warehouse | 26 |
| constructed in the area; Ronchetti still operates a center in | 27 |
| Nokomis and formerly had sites in Pana, Taylorville, and Paris; | 28 |
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| WHEREAS, Ronchetti Distributing covers the Illinois Route |
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| 16 corridor between Mattoon and Litchfield, employs 18 people, | 2 |
| and operates a fleet of seven trucks; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 5 |
| we recognize the 100th anniversary of Ronchetti Distributing | 6 |
| Company in Mattoon; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 |
| presented to Ronchetti Distributing Company as an expression of | 9 |
| our esteem and with best wishes for the future.
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