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comes mit him to become a day-dreamer. an immediate success. Unfortunately
am ready at any time, if necessary the place burned down to the ground
acquire
confidence
that
with a feeling of power until they
a
slide behind the wheel of a Cadillac. in the small hours of the morning, to but Miller built a new and better inn
But frisky Francis D. Miller of Buf- go to any length in explaining the He added a hotel which to this day is
known as the Cortland Hotel and is
doing
a
thriving business. Fran's
falo, partner in the firm of Miller U qualities of my products but I am
Gamble, Inc., 1234 Broadway, Buf- also firmly convinced that I am doing
falo 12, New York, wholesale beer my customers a favor by trying to father died when Fran was only a
distributors in Buffalo and the sur- sell them such a superior product as
rounding counties, and our exclusive Heineken's."
Heineken's distributor for the area,
year
old.
Mrs.
Miller carried
on.
exudes all the power in the world be
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the visitors, wealthy farmers from
nearby towns who came in horse-
Cortland, upstate New York. He drawn carriages, and foreigners with
little Nash Rambler. Fiterally and was born, however, in New York at labels from Amsterdam and Genoa
figuratively speaking, he is the kind the Hotel Woodworth while his fam- stuck all over their suitcases. But no
of a man who moves at a steady clip, ily spent a vacation there. After vis- one was quite as interesting to Fran
Regardless of the number of cylinders iting grammar school in Cortland he as a hearty man by the name of John
he works with, he is hitting on all of attended West Culver Military Acad- McGraw. Young
Fran
struck
up
them. He has an easy way with peo- emy in Culver, Indiana. He graduated quite a friendship with him, admir-
ple, originating from his background from Brown University at Providence ing his firm convictions and buggy-
in the hotel business and from a long in 1927. In 1930 he married dark- whip answers. The occasional visits
hitch in the Navy during which he eyed Martha W. Miller "she will of Mr. McGraw, who was born and
was in charge of recruiting.
always be my great romance
from
raised in nearby Truxton, became
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Yonkers. They have three children, less and less frequent as he had gone
Jeff,
19, a six footer who attends off to Baltimore and New York to
Williams College in Williamstown, play baseball, later to become a base-
Mass. where he is shortstop on the ball immortal enshrined in Coopers-
baseball team, Francis, playing tackle town.
for the Nichols team in Buffalo, who When Fran was ten years old, his
is nicknamed "Stubby" because at 1 7 friend John McGraw
who long
he is already six feet tall, and a little since had become the Fittle Napoleon
girl of six, named Judy.
sent him an official Giant uni-
Fran's grandfather, born in Hoi- form. John McGraw, one of Amer-
land, had moved across the ocean to ica's most popular men, maker of
Cortland as a youth to start an inn, Champions, had not forgotten his
or herberg as he called it in old Dutch. little friend in the country town in
Grandpa Miller was the gregarious upstate New York. Needless to say,
Francis D. Miller of Miller Gamble
Inc., Buffalo, New York
of his outfit
the sparkplug
When we met him for the first time
in the lobby of the Hotel Statler in
Buffalo, a large convention was going
people
Fran
on
there.
As
hundreds
of
milled around
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confusion,
had a difficult time covering a dis
tance of fifty feet because of the many
people that recognized him and want
ed to shake his hands. Uncomplain
ing, full of gusto and pep, he makes
an
ideal
business
companion.
He
looks to the brighter side of things
Offices and warehouse of Miller Gamble, Inc. of Buffalo,
also known as Buffalo Beverage Corp.
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