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Show In Our Town... HERBERT K. MINER 4 In line with our policy of consistent con-sistent inconsistency, we turn the spotlight, momentarily, from newcomers new-comers to that rara avis, a hometown home-town boy who returned to his birthplace deliberately and for keeps. No one with the name of Miner needs introducing to Springville, so for once we can skip the formalities. for-malities. Born, Herbert K. Miner, April 16, 1916, Herb was removed from the local scene when he was thirteen, and the family moved to Philadelphia. While still a sophomore in high school, he attached himself to a well-known meat packers, Frank Weller & Son, an. association 'which lasted five years. At the end of this time, he graduated as a full-fledged meat cutter and worked for two of the largest chain stores, American and Atlantic Atlan-tic & Pacifc. Five years of this, then the bug of ambition bit him, so back to Weller & Sons for a post graduate course. Completely 'equipped with a wife, ambition and a thorough training in his chosen field, he was then ready to return to his home town. At this point we must interject a few personal remarks. Herb got in some of his best work during dur-ing the depression years when most people were only too happy to just hang on. Also, his ambition ambi-tion to achieve success in his home town (when, it is axiomatic that a man who tries to do that has already two strikes on him) has no sympathy if he fails. Nevertheless, he did come back, just a year ago and, in November, Novem-ber, 1943, started his own business, busi-ness, Miner's Meat Processing Plant. It is a modest beginning, but make no mistake about it, the kid is good. If anyone wants to hold him back, they had better work fast because he is on his way up. He knows exactly what he wants and has the courage of his convictions and that's a hard combination to beat. THE CATALYST. |