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Frank Mayborn
Frank Willis Mayborn (December 7, 1903 – May 16, 1987) was an American philanthropist, soldier, newspapers editor, publisher and broadcaster. He is best known for the crucial role he played in Bell County and Temple city's development in Austin, Texas.
Mayborn was born in Akron, Ohio, to his father Ward Carlton Mayborn, a media personnel who was also a newspaper publisher of E.W. Scripps newspaper conglomerate, and his mother Nellie Childs Welton. In 1910, his parents relocated to Denver, Colorado, and later moved again in 1919 to Dallas, Texas.
Mayborn started working with newspapers when he was in high school as a stringer at Denver Post, part-time and summer worker at San Diego Sun and Dallas Dispatch, and as a correspondent in United Press before becoming a publisher. He bought a publishing company in 1929 known as Telegram Publishing company of Temple Daily Telegram together with his father and brother in Temple, acquired the Sherman Democrat in 1945 before moving on in 1952 to purchase the Killeen Herald in 1959, and owned the Taylor Daily Press company.
After graduating from high school he worked as an advertising salesman for the Dallas News and held several positions in the Northern Texas Traction Company in Fort Worth.
Mayborn served as an editor of Daily Telegram from 1929 to 1946, and later became the publisher and editor in 1946. In 1952, he was the operations manager of Sherman Democrat of the Daily Herald, previously known as the Killeen Herald, in 1974 the Taylor Press was sold together with the Sherman Democrat sold in 1977, he acquired the Frank Mayborn Enterprises, Inc, a newspaper of publishing company in 1978.
Mayborn was a communication member and pioneer in media starting a radio station in KTEM at Temple in 1936, and owned WMAK radio at Nashville in 1945 and the KCEN-TV station in 1952 resided at Temple, Texas.
After Mayborn's death, Sue became the owner and president of Frank Mayborn Enterprises, Inc. in 1987 including other subsidiaries of Mayborn.
Mayborn funded The W. R. Poage Legislative Library at Baylor University.
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Frank Mayborn
Frank Willis Mayborn (December 7, 1903 – May 16, 1987) was an American philanthropist, soldier, newspapers editor, publisher and broadcaster. He is best known for the crucial role he played in Bell County and Temple city's development in Austin, Texas.
Mayborn was born in Akron, Ohio, to his father Ward Carlton Mayborn, a media personnel who was also a newspaper publisher of E.W. Scripps newspaper conglomerate, and his mother Nellie Childs Welton. In 1910, his parents relocated to Denver, Colorado, and later moved again in 1919 to Dallas, Texas.
Mayborn started working with newspapers when he was in high school as a stringer at Denver Post, part-time and summer worker at San Diego Sun and Dallas Dispatch, and as a correspondent in United Press before becoming a publisher. He bought a publishing company in 1929 known as Telegram Publishing company of Temple Daily Telegram together with his father and brother in Temple, acquired the Sherman Democrat in 1945 before moving on in 1952 to purchase the Killeen Herald in 1959, and owned the Taylor Daily Press company.
After graduating from high school he worked as an advertising salesman for the Dallas News and held several positions in the Northern Texas Traction Company in Fort Worth.
Mayborn served as an editor of Daily Telegram from 1929 to 1946, and later became the publisher and editor in 1946. In 1952, he was the operations manager of Sherman Democrat of the Daily Herald, previously known as the Killeen Herald, in 1974 the Taylor Press was sold together with the Sherman Democrat sold in 1977, he acquired the Frank Mayborn Enterprises, Inc, a newspaper of publishing company in 1978.
Mayborn was a communication member and pioneer in media starting a radio station in KTEM at Temple in 1936, and owned WMAK radio at Nashville in 1945 and the KCEN-TV station in 1952 resided at Temple, Texas.
After Mayborn's death, Sue became the owner and president of Frank Mayborn Enterprises, Inc. in 1987 including other subsidiaries of Mayborn.
Mayborn funded The W. R. Poage Legislative Library at Baylor University.