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.[1]
Early life
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.[2]
Newspaper and publishing career
The San Diego Sun newspaper in 1908-1935Denver Post newspaper
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.[3]
Temple Telegram owned by Frank Mayborn Enterprises from 1940 to 1987
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.[5]
Media and broadcasting career
former Frank Mayborn Enterprises, Inc radio station KCEN TV, owned from (1978-1987). 2009 bought by NBC
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.[6][7][5]
Mayborn and Sue relations in Baylor
After Mayborn's death, Sue became the owner and president of Frank Mayborn Enterprises, Inc. in 1987 including other subsidiaries of Mayborn.[8]
Mayborn started working with the military in 1939 and organized military affairs as the Temple Chamber of Commerce president, chaired the military affairs committee, and worked for the War Projects Committee formed with the Temple Chamber of Commerce. He was selected to work at Central Texas of Hood camp in the army, where he and the committees relocated McCloskey General Hospital and a military installation defense plant to Temple.[11]
Mayborn later joined the military in 1942–43 as a public relations official and worked with Dwight D. Eisenhower as a chief assistant of public relation office in United States Army. He was awarded a Bronze Star before retiring in 1946 as a major, but did not stop activities in military affairs.[7]
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^Jose Fritz - Frank W. Mayborn: Mogul, Friday, 06 December 2013, Morning Newspaper
^Association, Texas State Historical. "Mayborn, Frank Willis". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
^The Frank Mayborn Enterprises; Formations of media, newspaper, birth;1903, Whiteside;broadcaster USAdied=1987, milservice;1942-1946, Daily Harald, career;military, publisher 1950, American Journal of Communication, Satellite TV stations, Frank Mayborn, 1953
^ abFrank Willis Mayborn- the Texas media mogul, Handbook of Texas, history online, Texas History book
^"About Us". Temple Daily Telegram. Archived from the original on 2020-09-14. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
^ abHerald, Rose L. Thayer / Killeen Daily (5 March 2013). "Frank W. Mayborn Gate opens". The Killeen Daily Herald. Archived from the original on 2023-10-30. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
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