Former Abilene Printer Dies
From Abilene Reporter News
Cisco-William D. Brecheen,who died Tuesday at the age of 95,enjoyed for many years the respect of the entire printing industry.
He began his lengthy career at the age of 16 when he helped with the printing of the St.Helena Parrish newspaper,The Echo at Greensburg,La.It was there he discovered his love for the printing business and learned as much as he could about it.He continued his work at the New Orleans Item and later moved to Texas where he first worked for the Bryan Daily Eagle.
It was at Bryan where Mr. Brecheen met his soon to be wife,Geraldine Taylor.The couple married Feb. 16,1919.
The Brecheens first moved to Cisco in 1921 where Mr. Brecheen worked for the Cisco Daily News."Back then Lone Star Gas had the only gas line and the Daily News was the only paper,"Mrs. Brecheen said."Since Lone Star Gas and the Daily News had kind of a monopoly,Hickock Gas Co. brought in a line.They wanted a paper to back them,so they forme"d the Daily Press.
Mr. Brecheen was instrumental in the beginnings of the Cisco Daily press and helped operate the paper for some time,even after the two papers merged.
While he worked days at the Press,Brecheen worked nights with his friend the late Floyd Sheppard to found Commercial Printing Co.They operated the company together for many years.When Brecheen planned his move to Abilene,he sold his interest in the company to his partner,who passed the operation down to his son,Joe Sitton.
Brecheen moved to Abilene in 1948 when he came to work for the Abilene Reporter News."It used to be in the old days (when lineotype printing was still in use at the Reporter News),that if we had trouble with our ads or lineotype sketches,we just handed them over to him and he put style and professionalism in them,"said Steve Lanham,now production manager of the Reporter News.
"He always called everybody 'young fellar' but he took the new apprentices under his wing and taught them everything.He was a tough taskmaster though"
Brecheen actively worked at the Reporter News until June 3,1962 when he retired after 62 years. From that time until about a year ago he kept busy with a garden and raising a few cattle in the patch across from their home in Cisco.
Mr. Brecheen's nephew,Harry "The Cat" Brecheen,was a pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1940's and pitched two no hit games for the team during the 1946 season.
Three of the Brecheen's children,a daughter,Martha and two sons,Bill and Roger have preceeded them in death,as has a foster daughter,Mary Harris,whom they raised from infancy after her mother's death.
Mr. Brecheen's father ,a Primitive Baptist minister for more than 60 years lived to be 99 years old.
Services for Mr. Brecheen will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Holly Rhyne Funeral Home Chapel.Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Cisco,Tx.
From Abilene Reporter News
Cisco-William D. Brecheen,who died Tuesday at the age of 95,enjoyed for many years the respect of the entire printing industry.
He began his lengthy career at the age of 16 when he helped with the printing of the St.Helena Parrish newspaper,The Echo at Greensburg,La.It was there he discovered his love for the printing business and learned as much as he could about it.He continued his work at the New Orleans Item and later moved to Texas where he first worked for the Bryan Daily Eagle.
It was at Bryan where Mr. Brecheen met his soon to be wife,Geraldine Taylor.The couple married Feb. 16,1919.
The Brecheens first moved to Cisco in 1921 where Mr. Brecheen worked for the Cisco Daily News."Back then Lone Star Gas had the only gas line and the Daily News was the only paper,"Mrs. Brecheen said."Since Lone Star Gas and the Daily News had kind of a monopoly,Hickock Gas Co. brought in a line.They wanted a paper to back them,so they forme"d the Daily Press.
Mr. Brecheen was instrumental in the beginnings of the Cisco Daily press and helped operate the paper for some time,even after the two papers merged.
While he worked days at the Press,Brecheen worked nights with his friend the late Floyd Sheppard to found Commercial Printing Co.They operated the company together for many years.When Brecheen planned his move to Abilene,he sold his interest in the company to his partner,who passed the operation down to his son,Joe Sitton.
Brecheen moved to Abilene in 1948 when he came to work for the Abilene Reporter News."It used to be in the old days (when lineotype printing was still in use at the Reporter News),that if we had trouble with our ads or lineotype sketches,we just handed them over to him and he put style and professionalism in them,"said Steve Lanham,now production manager of the Reporter News.
"He always called everybody 'young fellar' but he took the new apprentices under his wing and taught them everything.He was a tough taskmaster though"
Brecheen actively worked at the Reporter News until June 3,1962 when he retired after 62 years. From that time until about a year ago he kept busy with a garden and raising a few cattle in the patch across from their home in Cisco.
Mr. Brecheen's nephew,Harry "The Cat" Brecheen,was a pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1940's and pitched two no hit games for the team during the 1946 season.
Three of the Brecheen's children,a daughter,Martha and two sons,Bill and Roger have preceeded them in death,as has a foster daughter,Mary Harris,whom they raised from infancy after her mother's death.
Mr. Brecheen's father ,a Primitive Baptist minister for more than 60 years lived to be 99 years old.
Services for Mr. Brecheen will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Holly Rhyne Funeral Home Chapel.Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Cisco,Tx.
Former Abilene Printer Dies
From Abilene Reporter News
Cisco-William D. Brecheen,who died Tuesday at the age of 95,enjoyed for many years the respect of the entire printing industry.
He began his lengthy career at the age of 16 when he helped with the printing of the St.Helena Parrish newspaper,The Echo at Greensburg,La.It was there he discovered his love for the printing business and learned as much as he could about it.He continued his work at the New Orleans Item and later moved to Texas where he first worked for the Bryan Daily Eagle.
It was at Bryan where Mr. Brecheen met his soon to be wife,Geraldine Taylor.The couple married Feb. 16,1919.
The Brecheens first moved to Cisco in 1921 where Mr. Brecheen worked for the Cisco Daily News."Back then Lone Star Gas had the only gas line and the Daily News was the only paper,"Mrs. Brecheen said."Since Lone Star Gas and the Daily News had kind of a monopoly,Hickock Gas Co. brought in a line.They wanted a paper to back them,so they forme"d the Daily Press.
Mr. Brecheen was instrumental in the beginnings of the Cisco Daily press and helped operate the paper for some time,even after the two papers merged.
While he worked days at the Press,Brecheen worked nights with his friend the late Floyd Sheppard to found Commercial Printing Co.They operated the company together for many years.When Brecheen planned his move to Abilene,he sold his interest in the company to his partner,who passed the operation down to his son,Joe Sitton.
Brecheen moved to Abilene in 1948 when he came to work for the Abilene Reporter News."It used to be in the old days (when lineotype printing was still in use at the Reporter News),that if we had trouble with our ads or lineotype sketches,we just handed them over to him and he put style and professionalism in them,"said Steve Lanham,now production manager of the Reporter News.
"He always called everybody 'young fellar' but he took the new apprentices under his wing and taught them everything.He was a tough taskmaster though"
Brecheen actively worked at the Reporter News until June 3,1962 when he retired after 62 years. From that time until about a year ago he kept busy with a garden and raising a few cattle in the patch across from their home in Cisco.
Mr. Brecheen's nephew,Harry "The Cat" Brecheen,was a pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1940's and pitched two no hit games for the team during the 1946 season.
Three of the Brecheen's children,a daughter,Martha and two sons,Bill and Roger have preceeded them in death,as has a foster daughter,Mary Harris,whom they raised from infancy after her mother's death.
Mr. Brecheen's father ,a Primitive Baptist minister for more than 60 years lived to be 99 years old.
Services for Mr. Brecheen will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Holly Rhyne Funeral Home Chapel.Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Cisco,Tx.
From Abilene Reporter News
Cisco-William D. Brecheen,who died Tuesday at the age of 95,enjoyed for many years the respect of the entire printing industry.
He began his lengthy career at the age of 16 when he helped with the printing of the St.Helena Parrish newspaper,The Echo at Greensburg,La.It was there he discovered his love for the printing business and learned as much as he could about it.He continued his work at the New Orleans Item and later moved to Texas where he first worked for the Bryan Daily Eagle.
It was at Bryan where Mr. Brecheen met his soon to be wife,Geraldine Taylor.The couple married Feb. 16,1919.
The Brecheens first moved to Cisco in 1921 where Mr. Brecheen worked for the Cisco Daily News."Back then Lone Star Gas had the only gas line and the Daily News was the only paper,"Mrs. Brecheen said."Since Lone Star Gas and the Daily News had kind of a monopoly,Hickock Gas Co. brought in a line.They wanted a paper to back them,so they forme"d the Daily Press.
Mr. Brecheen was instrumental in the beginnings of the Cisco Daily press and helped operate the paper for some time,even after the two papers merged.
While he worked days at the Press,Brecheen worked nights with his friend the late Floyd Sheppard to found Commercial Printing Co.They operated the company together for many years.When Brecheen planned his move to Abilene,he sold his interest in the company to his partner,who passed the operation down to his son,Joe Sitton.
Brecheen moved to Abilene in 1948 when he came to work for the Abilene Reporter News."It used to be in the old days (when lineotype printing was still in use at the Reporter News),that if we had trouble with our ads or lineotype sketches,we just handed them over to him and he put style and professionalism in them,"said Steve Lanham,now production manager of the Reporter News.
"He always called everybody 'young fellar' but he took the new apprentices under his wing and taught them everything.He was a tough taskmaster though"
Brecheen actively worked at the Reporter News until June 3,1962 when he retired after 62 years. From that time until about a year ago he kept busy with a garden and raising a few cattle in the patch across from their home in Cisco.
Mr. Brecheen's nephew,Harry "The Cat" Brecheen,was a pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1940's and pitched two no hit games for the team during the 1946 season.
Three of the Brecheen's children,a daughter,Martha and two sons,Bill and Roger have preceeded them in death,as has a foster daughter,Mary Harris,whom they raised from infancy after her mother's death.
Mr. Brecheen's father ,a Primitive Baptist minister for more than 60 years lived to be 99 years old.
Services for Mr. Brecheen will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Holly Rhyne Funeral Home Chapel.Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Cisco,Tx.
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