Full Text of HR0564 94th General Assembly
HR0564 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Mautino name has been a part of Bureau County | 3 |
| history since 1905; Anton and Mary Ottino Mautino came to | 4 |
| America that year, settling in Spring Valley; along with their | 5 |
| son, Frank "Mule", they had two other children, Mrs. John | 6 |
| (Jean) Pini and Mrs. James (Madelon) Andreoni, of Spring | 7 |
| Valley; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1905, Anton started in business with the Star | 9 |
| Union Brewing Company; after the repeal of prohibition in 1934, | 10 |
| he was a Star Model Distributor; Mule took over in 1947 and | 11 |
| established Mautino Distributing Co. with two employees; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1951, Mule added Hamm's Beer to the | 13 |
| distributing list; he then acquired the Miller Brewing Co. | 14 |
| franchise in 1972, also adding wines, bar supplies, and | 15 |
| glassware for local retailers in addition to his own private | 16 |
| label of liquor; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1972, the business was moved from 330 West | 18 |
| Dakota Street in Spring Valley, a 5,000 square foot warehouse, | 19 |
| to the present location at 500 North Richards Street, a 36,000
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| square foot building; and
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| WHEREAS, Mule's son, Tony Mautino, took over the management | 22 |
| and responsibilities for Mautino Distributing Co. in 1974, the | 23 |
| same year his brother, Richard A. Mautino Sr., was elected to | 24 |
| the Illinois General Assembly; that year the company had seven | 25 |
| employees, and later it had 27 employees; currently, the | 26 |
| company is up to 50 employees and still growing; and
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| WHEREAS, The product line of the Mautino Distributing Co. | 28 |
| has expanded by selling a lot of juices, juice vending | 29 |
| machines, beer, and supplies; in January of 1985, the company | 30 |
| became a distributor of Coors beer; the business has expanded |
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| into several counties, including Bureau, Marshall, LaSalle, | 2 |
| Putnam, Livingston, and Grundy; and
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| WHEREAS, Mule Mautino died in 1988, and Tony Mautino became | 4 |
| President of the Mautino Distributing Co., with his son, Mark, | 5 |
| becoming the General Manager; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 8 |
| we congratulate the Mautino Distributing Co. on being in | 9 |
| business for 100 years; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to the Mautino Distributing Co. as an expression of | 12 |
| our esteem.
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