Hunter Miller was born June 1, 1913 in Cisco Eastland County, Texas. His father, Homer Raby
Miller until retirement was a traveling salesman with wide contacts among wholesale grocers
throughout the state; his mother Rose Hunter Miller, managed the home, reared two children, and
took an active part in club work, being a member of the board of directors of The Texas Federation
of Women's Clubs. Hunter has one sister, Zona Alford who was married to Colonel David Gaston
Alford.
From their father the children learned patience and tolerance and kindness and consideration for
others; from their mother they learned that to these qualities must be added drive, initiative, the
meaning of perfection, and especially the will to win.
The public schools of Cisco, Texas provided an opportunity for elementary learning. History,
English, Civics, Economics, Spanish, and Latin were the subjects of greatest interest in high school.
After graduation in 1930, a semester in Marion Military Institute, a prep school in Alabama for The
Naval Academy followed. There it was determined by the Ishihara test that color blindness (as
opposed to color ignorance) was present and would render further study toward gaining admission
to The Naval Academy useless. Immediate return to Cisco was the result. A junior college and
various odd jobs at common labor for Humble Pipe Line Company, Lone Star Gas Company, and
local contractors occupied the next two years.
In June of 1933 the move to Austin was made, the first job there being that of waiting on tables
and washing dishes at a boarding house. Various other part-time jobs - from that of clerk for a State
senator to that of warehouse laborer for a wholesale beer distributorship - made it possible eventually
to graduate from the University of Texas with a major in government and a minor in economics in
1937 at which time work was obtained with the Texas State Employment Service.
Two years were spent in that work at House, where a couple of promotions were obtained under
conditions both pleasant and rewarding but not financially remunerative. Offer of employment in
Austin at better pay and with greater hope for faster promotion was therefore accepted in August of
1939. Return to the beer business led to rapid advancement from
bookkeepers to sales manager to general manager.
War came. Military service followed. The time from March 20, 1942 until March 31, 1946 was
spent as a private, corporal, sergeant, 2nd lieutenant, and 1st lieutenant in intelligence work for The
Air Force.
At the conclusion of hostilities, Hunter returned to his former employment in Austin where he
remained until January 1, 1948. He then moved to Boerne, Texas to take over a distributorship which
he had been offered. There he stayed, self employed, until September of 1957 when work as manager
of the Beaumont organization was accepted. In early 1965 a group of Austin businessmen asked for
help in getting a Galveston "marine world" venture under way and this exciting offer was accepted.
By November of that year, the project was off the ground with satisfaction to all concerned.
Meanwhile, a Galveston brewery had extended an invitation to return to Beaumont as their
distributor. After due notice to the Austin group, this move was made and it proved to be an error.
Thanks to the help of many friends, this unproductive enterprise was sold for a profit in August of
1968.
A period of unemployment followed. Then, although begun too late an effort was made form
1970 to 1973 to save two failing Austin beer distributorships. Both companies, regrettably, are out
of business, as the trend to the two major national brands gathers momentum with increasing
velocity. Jobs working in the field of life insurance and real estate sales followed. Poor health forced
early retirement and during this time school studies at Austin Community College and the University
of Texas at Austin were undertaken.
Outside activities included trade association work for The Sabine District Wholesale Beer
Distributors Association, of which Hunter was president, committee work in The Kiwanis Club,
membership in the Masonic Lodge, and attendance at Saint Mark's Episcopal Church in downtown
Beaumont.
Married in Tampa, Florida on May 16, 1944, Hunter has a wife, Martha, whom he met at the
University of Texas, and three sons, Stephen Paul, Benjamin Raby, and Hunter Scott.
Hunter was on the front page of "The Austin American" newspaper, Vol. 27, No. 351, dated May
19, 1941. The story was about Southern Distributing Company where he was manager.
Miller until retirement was a traveling salesman with wide contacts among wholesale grocers
throughout the state; his mother Rose Hunter Miller, managed the home, reared two children, and
took an active part in club work, being a member of the board of directors of The Texas Federation
of Women's Clubs. Hunter has one sister, Zona Alford who was married to Colonel David Gaston
Alford.
From their father the children learned patience and tolerance and kindness and consideration for
others; from their mother they learned that to these qualities must be added drive, initiative, the
meaning of perfection, and especially the will to win.
The public schools of Cisco, Texas provided an opportunity for elementary learning. History,
English, Civics, Economics, Spanish, and Latin were the subjects of greatest interest in high school.
After graduation in 1930, a semester in Marion Military Institute, a prep school in Alabama for The
Naval Academy followed. There it was determined by the Ishihara test that color blindness (as
opposed to color ignorance) was present and would render further study toward gaining admission
to The Naval Academy useless. Immediate return to Cisco was the result. A junior college and
various odd jobs at common labor for Humble Pipe Line Company, Lone Star Gas Company, and
local contractors occupied the next two years.
In June of 1933 the move to Austin was made, the first job there being that of waiting on tables
and washing dishes at a boarding house. Various other part-time jobs - from that of clerk for a State
senator to that of warehouse laborer for a wholesale beer distributorship - made it possible eventually
to graduate from the University of Texas with a major in government and a minor in economics in
1937 at which time work was obtained with the Texas State Employment Service.
Two years were spent in that work at House, where a couple of promotions were obtained under
conditions both pleasant and rewarding but not financially remunerative. Offer of employment in
Austin at better pay and with greater hope for faster promotion was therefore accepted in August of
1939. Return to the beer business led to rapid advancement from
bookkeepers to sales manager to general manager.
War came. Military service followed. The time from March 20, 1942 until March 31, 1946 was
spent as a private, corporal, sergeant, 2nd lieutenant, and 1st lieutenant in intelligence work for The
Air Force.
At the conclusion of hostilities, Hunter returned to his former employment in Austin where he
remained until January 1, 1948. He then moved to Boerne, Texas to take over a distributorship which
he had been offered. There he stayed, self employed, until September of 1957 when work as manager
of the Beaumont organization was accepted. In early 1965 a group of Austin businessmen asked for
help in getting a Galveston "marine world" venture under way and this exciting offer was accepted.
By November of that year, the project was off the ground with satisfaction to all concerned.
Meanwhile, a Galveston brewery had extended an invitation to return to Beaumont as their
distributor. After due notice to the Austin group, this move was made and it proved to be an error.
Thanks to the help of many friends, this unproductive enterprise was sold for a profit in August of
1968.
A period of unemployment followed. Then, although begun too late an effort was made form
1970 to 1973 to save two failing Austin beer distributorships. Both companies, regrettably, are out
of business, as the trend to the two major national brands gathers momentum with increasing
velocity. Jobs working in the field of life insurance and real estate sales followed. Poor health forced
early retirement and during this time school studies at Austin Community College and the University
of Texas at Austin were undertaken.
Outside activities included trade association work for The Sabine District Wholesale Beer
Distributors Association, of which Hunter was president, committee work in The Kiwanis Club,
membership in the Masonic Lodge, and attendance at Saint Mark's Episcopal Church in downtown
Beaumont.
Married in Tampa, Florida on May 16, 1944, Hunter has a wife, Martha, whom he met at the
University of Texas, and three sons, Stephen Paul, Benjamin Raby, and Hunter Scott.
Hunter was on the front page of "The Austin American" newspaper, Vol. 27, No. 351, dated May
19, 1941. The story was about Southern Distributing Company where he was manager.
Hunter Miller was born June 1, 1913 in Cisco Eastland County, Texas. His father, Homer Raby
Miller until retirement was a traveling salesman with wide contacts among wholesale grocers
throughout the state; his mother Rose Hunter Miller, managed the home, reared two children, and
took an active part in club work, being a member of the board of directors of The Texas Federation
of Women's Clubs. Hunter has one sister, Zona Alford who was married to Colonel David Gaston
Alford.
From their father the children learned patience and tolerance and kindness and consideration for
others; from their mother they learned that to these qualities must be added drive, initiative, the
meaning of perfection, and especially the will to win.
The public schools of Cisco, Texas provided an opportunity for elementary learning. History,
English, Civics, Economics, Spanish, and Latin were the subjects of greatest interest in high school.
After graduation in 1930, a semester in Marion Military Institute, a prep school in Alabama for The
Naval Academy followed. There it was determined by the Ishihara test that color blindness (as
opposed to color ignorance) was present and would render further study toward gaining admission
to The Naval Academy useless. Immediate return to Cisco was the result. A junior college and
various odd jobs at common labor for Humble Pipe Line Company, Lone Star Gas Company, and
local contractors occupied the next two years.
In June of 1933 the move to Austin was made, the first job there being that of waiting on tables
and washing dishes at a boarding house. Various other part-time jobs - from that of clerk for a State
senator to that of warehouse laborer for a wholesale beer distributorship - made it possible eventually
to graduate from the University of Texas with a major in government and a minor in economics in
1937 at which time work was obtained with the Texas State Employment Service.
Two years were spent in that work at House, where a couple of promotions were obtained under
conditions both pleasant and rewarding but not financially remunerative. Offer of employment in
Austin at better pay and with greater hope for faster promotion was therefore accepted in August of
1939. Return to the beer business led to rapid advancement from
bookkeepers to sales manager to general manager.
War came. Military service followed. The time from March 20, 1942 until March 31, 1946 was
spent as a private, corporal, sergeant, 2nd lieutenant, and 1st lieutenant in intelligence work for The
Air Force.
At the conclusion of hostilities, Hunter returned to his former employment in Austin where he
remained until January 1, 1948. He then moved to Boerne, Texas to take over a distributorship which
he had been offered. There he stayed, self employed, until September of 1957 when work as manager
of the Beaumont organization was accepted. In early 1965 a group of Austin businessmen asked for
help in getting a Galveston "marine world" venture under way and this exciting offer was accepted.
By November of that year, the project was off the ground with satisfaction to all concerned.
Meanwhile, a Galveston brewery had extended an invitation to return to Beaumont as their
distributor. After due notice to the Austin group, this move was made and it proved to be an error.
Thanks to the help of many friends, this unproductive enterprise was sold for a profit in August of
1968.
A period of unemployment followed. Then, although begun too late an effort was made form
1970 to 1973 to save two failing Austin beer distributorships. Both companies, regrettably, are out
of business, as the trend to the two major national brands gathers momentum with increasing
velocity. Jobs working in the field of life insurance and real estate sales followed. Poor health forced
early retirement and during this time school studies at Austin Community College and the University
of Texas at Austin were undertaken.
Outside activities included trade association work for The Sabine District Wholesale Beer
Distributors Association, of which Hunter was president, committee work in The Kiwanis Club,
membership in the Masonic Lodge, and attendance at Saint Mark's Episcopal Church in downtown
Beaumont.
Married in Tampa, Florida on May 16, 1944, Hunter has a wife, Martha, whom he met at the
University of Texas, and three sons, Stephen Paul, Benjamin Raby, and Hunter Scott.
Hunter was on the front page of "The Austin American" newspaper, Vol. 27, No. 351, dated May
19, 1941. The story was about Southern Distributing Company where he was manager.
Miller until retirement was a traveling salesman with wide contacts among wholesale grocers
throughout the state; his mother Rose Hunter Miller, managed the home, reared two children, and
took an active part in club work, being a member of the board of directors of The Texas Federation
of Women's Clubs. Hunter has one sister, Zona Alford who was married to Colonel David Gaston
Alford.
From their father the children learned patience and tolerance and kindness and consideration for
others; from their mother they learned that to these qualities must be added drive, initiative, the
meaning of perfection, and especially the will to win.
The public schools of Cisco, Texas provided an opportunity for elementary learning. History,
English, Civics, Economics, Spanish, and Latin were the subjects of greatest interest in high school.
After graduation in 1930, a semester in Marion Military Institute, a prep school in Alabama for The
Naval Academy followed. There it was determined by the Ishihara test that color blindness (as
opposed to color ignorance) was present and would render further study toward gaining admission
to The Naval Academy useless. Immediate return to Cisco was the result. A junior college and
various odd jobs at common labor for Humble Pipe Line Company, Lone Star Gas Company, and
local contractors occupied the next two years.
In June of 1933 the move to Austin was made, the first job there being that of waiting on tables
and washing dishes at a boarding house. Various other part-time jobs - from that of clerk for a State
senator to that of warehouse laborer for a wholesale beer distributorship - made it possible eventually
to graduate from the University of Texas with a major in government and a minor in economics in
1937 at which time work was obtained with the Texas State Employment Service.
Two years were spent in that work at House, where a couple of promotions were obtained under
conditions both pleasant and rewarding but not financially remunerative. Offer of employment in
Austin at better pay and with greater hope for faster promotion was therefore accepted in August of
1939. Return to the beer business led to rapid advancement from
bookkeepers to sales manager to general manager.
War came. Military service followed. The time from March 20, 1942 until March 31, 1946 was
spent as a private, corporal, sergeant, 2nd lieutenant, and 1st lieutenant in intelligence work for The
Air Force.
At the conclusion of hostilities, Hunter returned to his former employment in Austin where he
remained until January 1, 1948. He then moved to Boerne, Texas to take over a distributorship which
he had been offered. There he stayed, self employed, until September of 1957 when work as manager
of the Beaumont organization was accepted. In early 1965 a group of Austin businessmen asked for
help in getting a Galveston "marine world" venture under way and this exciting offer was accepted.
By November of that year, the project was off the ground with satisfaction to all concerned.
Meanwhile, a Galveston brewery had extended an invitation to return to Beaumont as their
distributor. After due notice to the Austin group, this move was made and it proved to be an error.
Thanks to the help of many friends, this unproductive enterprise was sold for a profit in August of
1968.
A period of unemployment followed. Then, although begun too late an effort was made form
1970 to 1973 to save two failing Austin beer distributorships. Both companies, regrettably, are out
of business, as the trend to the two major national brands gathers momentum with increasing
velocity. Jobs working in the field of life insurance and real estate sales followed. Poor health forced
early retirement and during this time school studies at Austin Community College and the University
of Texas at Austin were undertaken.
Outside activities included trade association work for The Sabine District Wholesale Beer
Distributors Association, of which Hunter was president, committee work in The Kiwanis Club,
membership in the Masonic Lodge, and attendance at Saint Mark's Episcopal Church in downtown
Beaumont.
Married in Tampa, Florida on May 16, 1944, Hunter has a wife, Martha, whom he met at the
University of Texas, and three sons, Stephen Paul, Benjamin Raby, and Hunter Scott.
Hunter was on the front page of "The Austin American" newspaper, Vol. 27, No. 351, dated May
19, 1941. The story was about Southern Distributing Company where he was manager.
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