BRINGING BACK THE VISTA PRESS ….www.thevistapress.com
The first issue, dated Sept. 24, 1926, was printed in San Diego and distributed from Remsburg’s office at the Vista Inn. At the time, Remsburg and a carpenter were enlarging a small building on North Indiana Avenue to house an old press. The first issue from that press was published Nov. 19, 1926, according to “A History of Vista.”
The paper began as a weekly tabloid. There were only a few hundred people living in Vista when the newspaper began publishing, but the community was poised for rapid growth. In February 1928, the paper cited figures from Vista Irrigation District officials who “conservatively estimated that there are now 1,200 persons residing in the district,” compared with “less than 350” two years previously.
An examination of some editions of the paper from the archives of the Vista Historical Society Museum shows a publication that stressed community news while covering national and international events.
The top of the front page of the Jan. 3, 1935, edition had two articles on an upcoming election of directors for the Vista Irrigation District. One article listed the open positions and the names of the candidates. The other carried a statement from retiring district director Jules Delpy that summarized the issues facing the district. Delpy urged voters to elect directors of “sound business ability.”
Also occupying the top of the front page was an article headlined “The Future of American Democracy,” reprinting the text of an address given at Whittier College by C.C. Teague, president of the California Fruit Growers Exchange. The article, published in the midst of the Great Depression, demonstrates that more than just immediate farm issues were on the minds of the agricultural community and the newspaper’s publisher.
Hello, are issues from the 1970’s available? I grew up in Vista and lived there through the 90’s. Was always contacting the Vista Press to advertise. Best times ever. Never should have left. Thanks!
’70; ’71; ’72; ’73 at archived on the museum website…https://www.vistahistoricalsociety.com/archive/the-vista-press-archives
Did you have 2 sisters, Karen and Sharon, went to Vista High ?
Here is a Vista press story from 1968 my father Mike Milord was driving the truck for Lynch Trucking and he was hauling the dirt and boulders from Vista Way at Melrose. The dirt and rocks from Vista way at the corner of Melrose there it use to be Bobs big Boy on the corner. You can see were the dirt was removed. The dirt went to foothill area.
The rocks from the truck are still next to the train station in the park area. The city of Vista has moved them over the years and use them as part of the landscape.
Michelle Milord Kennington
Dreamdancing@icloud.com
760-917-4461
HELLO HAS THE PROBLEM WITH THE CEMETERY AND APARTMENT BUILDING IN OCEANSIDE BEEN DONE? I JUST LEARNED ABOUT IT. I AM THE GRANDSON OF JOSE MARIA MARRON AND HAVE RELATIVES BURIED THERE IT’S BEEN A WHILE SINCE, SHELLEY CARON HAD A STORY ON IT COUPLE OF YEARS AGO SHE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT IT .I’M AN OLD 92 YEAR WWII VET OUT OF OCEANSIDE THANK YOU
Does anyone have a photo of the old “Melrose Market & barrel shape
“Hamburger Stand” on Olive Ave ? These would be 60’s era photo’s…
I have deep roots in Vista. my father Robert A Findlay Sr. grew up in vista and graduated as i did from Vista High School. Him 1953 Me 1990. Also my grandfather was a teacher at Vista High, John Oliver Findlay.
My father also wrote letter to the editor of the vista press on a regular basis, how can one get access to the full archive if it exists? I would love to search for my family name. I also used to work for the Vista Press in the pre-press camera area for Jerry Coolman.
Thank you!
Rob Findlay Jr.
The vista Historical Museum has all the bound copies of the old Vista Press, there are some pages scanned on the website up to year 1972. Check there? or visit museum and try to find some.
Thanks
I played little league for the Vista Press in 1962. And also was in a band called the Cavaliers and had are picture taken by the Vista Press in the 60’s. Is it possible to see those memories in your archives?
Here is a Vista press story from 1968 my father Mike Milord was driving the truck for Lynch Trucking and he was hauling the dirt and boulders from Vista Way at Melrose. The dirt and rocks from Vista way at the corner of Melrose there it use to be Bobs big Boy on the corner. You can see were the dirt was removed. The dirt went to foothill area.
The rocks from the truck are still next to the train station in the park area. The city of Vista has moved them over the years and use them as part of the landscape.
Michelle Milord Kennington
Dreamdancing@icloud.com
760-917-4461