Irv Miller was delivered by his grandmother who was a midwife. He weighed in at about 12 pounds at birth and was big as a child. He was pushed ahead in his elementary school, #11 at Breck and Pittston.
He began working at eight years old, selling newspapers where workers walked to their places of employment, and later delivered packages for Harry Phillips Clothing Store. Irv said that he and his brother Herb "put the steam heat in the family home" with their earnings.
At sixteen, he worked in the wholesale dept at the Globe Store, selling notions, hosiery etc to other stores in outlying towns. Laid off at twenty, he worked at Scranton Dry Goods for four years. Irv learned to play saxophone and clarinet and when he was laid off once again, he managed to earn $10 to $15 a week playing in dance bands.
He continuing to play music most of his life, and served as President of the Scranton Local, AFM from 1949 to 1992.
Irv was working as a milkman when he enlisted in the US Navy in 1943. Before he left the dairy, gas rationing during WWII brought back horse-drawn milk wagons. He recalled having to sit on a horse's neck to hold it down if it fell on the ice, lest the animal injure itself and upset the wagon trying to stand up again.
Irv went to basic training at Pensacola, Fla and served on the USS Idaho in the Pacific until his Oct 1945 discharge. He returned to the dairy and later joined Eureka Specialty Printing Co. as a salesman. He continued with commission sales into his 80's and operated a small mail order business in seals and labels, out of his home.
He began working at eight years old, selling newspapers where workers walked to their places of employment, and later delivered packages for Harry Phillips Clothing Store. Irv said that he and his brother Herb "put the steam heat in the family home" with their earnings.
At sixteen, he worked in the wholesale dept at the Globe Store, selling notions, hosiery etc to other stores in outlying towns. Laid off at twenty, he worked at Scranton Dry Goods for four years. Irv learned to play saxophone and clarinet and when he was laid off once again, he managed to earn $10 to $15 a week playing in dance bands.
He continuing to play music most of his life, and served as President of the Scranton Local, AFM from 1949 to 1992.
Irv was working as a milkman when he enlisted in the US Navy in 1943. Before he left the dairy, gas rationing during WWII brought back horse-drawn milk wagons. He recalled having to sit on a horse's neck to hold it down if it fell on the ice, lest the animal injure itself and upset the wagon trying to stand up again.
Irv went to basic training at Pensacola, Fla and served on the USS Idaho in the Pacific until his Oct 1945 discharge. He returned to the dairy and later joined Eureka Specialty Printing Co. as a salesman. He continued with commission sales into his 80's and operated a small mail order business in seals and labels, out of his home.
Irv Miller was delivered by his grandmother who was a midwife. He weighed in at about 12 pounds at birth and was big as a child. He was pushed ahead in his elementary school, #11 at Breck and Pittston.
He began working at eight years old, selling newspapers where workers walked to their places of employment, and later delivered packages for Harry Phillips Clothing Store. Irv said that he and his brother Herb "put the steam heat in the family home" with their earnings.
At sixteen, he worked in the wholesale dept at the Globe Store, selling notions, hosiery etc to other stores in outlying towns. Laid off at twenty, he worked at Scranton Dry Goods for four years. Irv learned to play saxophone and clarinet and when he was laid off once again, he managed to earn $10 to $15 a week playing in dance bands.
He continuing to play music most of his life, and served as President of the Scranton Local, AFM from 1949 to 1992.
Irv was working as a milkman when he enlisted in the US Navy in 1943. Before he left the dairy, gas rationing during WWII brought back horse-drawn milk wagons. He recalled having to sit on a horse's neck to hold it down if it fell on the ice, lest the animal injure itself and upset the wagon trying to stand up again.
Irv went to basic training at Pensacola, Fla and served on the USS Idaho in the Pacific until his Oct 1945 discharge. He returned to the dairy and later joined Eureka Specialty Printing Co. as a salesman. He continued with commission sales into his 80's and operated a small mail order business in seals and labels, out of his home.
He began working at eight years old, selling newspapers where workers walked to their places of employment, and later delivered packages for Harry Phillips Clothing Store. Irv said that he and his brother Herb "put the steam heat in the family home" with their earnings.
At sixteen, he worked in the wholesale dept at the Globe Store, selling notions, hosiery etc to other stores in outlying towns. Laid off at twenty, he worked at Scranton Dry Goods for four years. Irv learned to play saxophone and clarinet and when he was laid off once again, he managed to earn $10 to $15 a week playing in dance bands.
He continuing to play music most of his life, and served as President of the Scranton Local, AFM from 1949 to 1992.
Irv was working as a milkman when he enlisted in the US Navy in 1943. Before he left the dairy, gas rationing during WWII brought back horse-drawn milk wagons. He recalled having to sit on a horse's neck to hold it down if it fell on the ice, lest the animal injure itself and upset the wagon trying to stand up again.
Irv went to basic training at Pensacola, Fla and served on the USS Idaho in the Pacific until his Oct 1945 discharge. He returned to the dairy and later joined Eureka Specialty Printing Co. as a salesman. He continued with commission sales into his 80's and operated a small mail order business in seals and labels, out of his home.
