sentences:  "Billy" Frayne, as he was known as a youth, was the only child born to father Homer, who was a railroader for the Canadian Pacific Railway and mother Ella Trent in Brandon, Manitoba.He began his journalism career with the "Brandon Sun" at the age of 15 covering minor hockey and moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba three years later to accept a job with the Canadian Press and the "Winnipeg Tribune" in 1938.He shared lodgings with "Winnipeg Free Press" columnist Scott Young and befriended "Tribune" columnist Ralph Allen.