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Show The Sail Lake Tribune, Business Portrait 41 Years of Hard Fork Put Tuffy Mark At the Top as Distributor for Coors Beer he said. went to work for Beer, outlawed during prohibition, had only come back two years earlier I first met Chick Reilley Jr., who owned Distributing in Murray. He offered me a job driving a delivery truck and I took it. Everybody told me at the time I was crazy for quitting school. Several years later after Mr. Reilley passed away, Mr. Mark found himself running for Mr. up Reilleys widow. I ran until just before I went into the Army in World War II." It was while he was at Fort Dix, N.J., waiting to go overseas that he first met his wife Anne. He married after he returned from a tour of duty in Europe that found him on the Rhine River when the war ended. Returning to Utah, Mr. Mark said the opportunity presented itself to acquire the Coors beer distributorship for the area. "At that time when you applied for a basic permit to become a distributor you had to have five people sign indicating their support for you getting the permit," Mr. Mark said. "One of the people who signed for me was Frank Fisher of the Fisher Brewing Co. I sent the application off to San Francisco and the government called me back and said everything checked out except Mr. Fisher's signature. It was legitimate, of course, but they doubted the signature because they had never heard of a competitor signing for anyone. Mr. Mark, along with Lynn Morgan Mid-Wes- bit. Mr. Mark is the president and owner of M & M Distributing Co., the local Coors beer distributorship whose territory extends south to the Point of the Mountain, north to Lagoon, east into Park City and as far west as Wendover, Utah. I live for the beer business," said Mr. Mark. "I ve been distributing Coors beer since 1945 and I worked for other distributors before that. I Mid-We- Mid-We- Mid-We- really havent minded the hard work." At 71, Mr. Mark said he is not about to slacken the pace which recently brought him and his company the Coors Founder's Award, designed to be the highest honor that the Golden, Adolph Coors Co. can give one of its distributors. The award honors the quality of the individual distributors operations and the contributions they have made to their communities. Born in Murray, he was the youngest of seven children in his family. A sister gave him the nickname Tuffy when he was still very young. While going to school, he worked as a stock boy and bagger in an O.P. Skaggs store. But he quit school in the eighth or ninth grade to go to work as a driver for Distributing Co., then a local beer distributor of such brands as Walters, Acme, Pabst and Colo.-base- d Mid-We- Globe. It was in January 1936 when he ceived between 14 and 90 days notice. However, the analysis from GAO, a watchdog agency of Congress, covers only 7,800 establishments with 100 employees or more. The . . . layoffs (at larger establishments) have a greater impact on the community, says William J. Gainer, associate director of the GAOs human resources division. That doesnt mean that lots of people getting laid off at little plants in the same industry dont also have an impact. Most legislative proposals pending WASHINGTON Plant closings and permanent layoffs displaced more than 1 million U.S. workers even in the peak economic recovery years of 1983 and 1984, according to a preliminary analysis of data recently completed by the General Accounting Office. Two workers in 10 received more than 90 days notice of the coming closure or layoff, but one worker in 10 received no notice. The bulk of affected workers, or about four in 10, re- plant-closin- g ProTel customers. i "Fisher Brewing pretty wC this town tied up, Mr. Mark Said, "and it was hard to get customers. We got our big break though, several years later when Lucky Lager bought out Fisher. Lucky Lager let a lot of Fisher's people go and that opened the door for us. The company has, for the most part, been growing ever since. "Our sales did fall off some around 1979 when Coors was having its union problems, but they have now come back and lately our sales have been establishing new highs every month. Mr. Mark, who is called Boss" by his 65 employees, takes obvious pride in the fact that M & M Distributing does not owe a dime to anybody." The company, Mr. Mark said, pays cash for everything "We pay cash for the beer we receive from Coors and are one of the few distributors that still do so, he said. Although Coors will extend credit to its distributors, Mr. Mark said there has never been a time when he was tempted to do anything but pay in cash. And all of the companys equipment and facilities were also acquired for cash, including its Trlbun Winner of the Coors Founders Award, A.S. Tuffy Mark loves hard work seven Although he was reticent to talk of his efforts on behalf of local athletics, his support ranges from the sponsoring of events such as the weekly Big 4 Huddle Luncheon where coaches during the football season meet with the local press to the purchasing of uniforms for a girl's softball team. I like to support local athletics, Mr. Mark said. "I know that in a lot of square-foo- t refrigerated warehouse, he said. In spite of his work schedule, Mr. Mark said he still finds time to enjoy watching and sup- 66,000 k porting all kinds of sport teams and athletic events, particularly baseball. INTERNATIONAL FINANCE 2 DAY SEMINAR 261-555- 9 12 to 5 P.M. or A However, recent congressional hearings on these proposals have echoed concerns that advance notification alone would not necessarily help dislocated workers become re-e- i can. When Staff Photo by Fronh Rorschotn days a week at his M & M Distributing Co. He has distributed Coors Beer since 1945. cases local teams and athletic programs often have a hard time of it financially and I just like to do what I The rumors, he said, were not true. Mr. Mark said his son, Jack, is now the general manager of M & M Dis- tributing. Mr. Mark was given the Coors Founders Award several Im not ready to retire or sell out, he said. "Ive built this business up for my family. When the time comes, if they don't want it then they can do what they want with it." weeks ago, he said it seemed to spark rumors locally that it was given because he was ready to either retire or sell his business. Ex-Employ- ers rather conducting of the search than financial aid. Occupational retraining was the form of help least frequently offered by former employers, the GAO found. ployment prospects that OTA published in February, GAO will issue a detailed assessment and field study of the workings of 563 local displaced-worke- r programs begun under Title III of the Job Training Partnership The analysis, presented earlier this month at a joint workshop organized by the GAO and Congress Office of Technology Assessment, is part of larger studies of plant closings and displaced workers that GAO expects to release in late summer. Only four in 10 workers receiving any form of assistance got fielp including counseling, time off for a job search or actual Americas Act. Following on the massive study of displaced workers and their re-e- We're a little sensitive about the word effectiveness," Gainer says. "We wont be assessing the effectiveness of these programs as such. Well look at exactly what they did, what they spent their money on. . . . Congress will look at the information and evaluate the programs. PC Compatible 1 . Tandy 1000 3 P R 9 985 4 five-perso- Eagle National Mortgage $20000 CALL . according to the GAO analy- During the 1983-8period, six displaced workers in 10 received some form of assistance from their former employers. However, most of them got financial assistance including severance pay, continuation of health or life insurance or a lump-supayment in lieu of notice. If you have a (mandatory) notice requirement, you just couldnt police n (it) in all those little four- - or establishments, he says. FIRST MORTGAGE LOANS "Your time is important to us . We re here to serve you!" ployed, sis. or permanent layoff cover plants with 50 to 100 workers per establishment, Gainer notes. 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