# Winters Express

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{{Short description|Weekly newspaper published in Winters, California}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Winters Express
| motto = "Gateway To The Monticello Dam"
| type = [Weekly newspaper](/source/Weekly_newspaper)
| owners = McNaughton Newspapers<br/>
Wallace family
| founder = Edwin C. Rust
| publisher = Taylor Buley
| chief_editor = Crystal Apilado
| founded = 1884
| language = English
| headquarters = 13 Russell St, <br/>[Winters, CA](/source/Winters%2C_CA) 95694
| website = {{URL|wintersexpress.com}}
}}

The '''''Winters Express''''' is a weekly newspaper published in [Winters, California](/source/Winters%2C_California).

== History ==
On February 1, 1884, Edwin C. Rust founded the ''Winters Express''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 8, 1884 |title=Winters Notes |work=The Napa Register |pages=1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Winters Express |url=https://www.wintersmuseum.org/history/winters-express |access-date=2026-05-09 |website=Historical Society of Winters |language=en-US}}</ref> Edwin was son of Col. Richard Rust, who had founded the ''California Express'' in [Marysville](/source/Marysville%2C_California) three decades earlier.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 23, 1884 |title=Notice |work=Merced Express |pages=2}}</ref> In July 1896, Frank H. Owen acquired the paper after Rust left to go publish the ''[Amador Dispatch](/source/Amador_Dispatch)''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 30, 1896 |title=Notice |work=Redwood City Standard |pages=2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=August 14, 1896 |title=Notice |work=The Napa Register |pages=4}}</ref> In March 1908, Fred C. Hemenway bought the ''Express'' from Owen.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 13, 1908 |title=Notice |work=The St. Helena Star |pages=2}}</ref> 

In August 1925, Hemenway leased for one year to Frank W. Tilney and C.F. Hager so he could devote his time to farming.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 28, 1925 |title=Winters Express Has Been Leased |work=Winters Express |pages=2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=September 4, 1925 |title=Winters Editor Drops Pen And Shears To Take Up The Pruning Knife |work=Winters Express |pages=5}}</ref> That December, Tilney exited the business.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hager |first=C.F. |last2=Tilney |first2=F.W. |date=December 11, 1925 |title=To Whom It May Concern |work=Winters Express |pages=1}}</ref> Hemenway resumed control after a year.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 3, 1926 |title=Owner Receives Paper As Yester-Year |work=The Davis Enterprise |pages=1}}</ref> In total, Hemenway owned the paper for nearly three decades. The paper was hen acquired by Walter W. Stark in December 1944,<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 14, 1944 |title=Winters Express Sold To Sacramento Man |work=The Sacramento Union |pages=3}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=December 15, 1944 |title=The Winters Express Has A New Owner |work=Winters Express |pages=1}}</ref> Fred W. Smith, former publisher of the ''Woodland Record'', in November 1945,<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 2, 1945 |title=Walter Stark Sells Winters Newspaper |work=Vacaville Reporter |pages=1}}</ref> and Newton "Newt" Wallace, formerly of the ''[Upland News](/source/Upland_News)'', in January 1947<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 17, 1947 |title=Winters Newspaper Chnages Hands |work=Davis Enterprise |pages=5}}</ref>

Wallace was considered by many to be the "[Mark Twain](/source/Mark_Twain) of the [California News Publishers Association](/source/California_News_Publishers_Association)" due to his "dry Midwest humor and savvy observations about his craft." He penned a column called "Here, There, and Everywhere."<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Rockwell |first=Susanne |date=June 7, 1984 |title=Winters paper celebrating 100 years |work=The Sacramento Union |pages=15}}</ref> He was also a lifelong volunteer weather recorder for the [National Weather Service](/source/National_Weather_Service).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Alcala |first=Carlos |date=April 25, 2000 |title=On Record {{!}} To volunteer weather watchers, temps can be permanent hobby |work=The Sacramento Bee |pages=16}}</ref> In 1962, he was part of a group of California publishers invited to have lunch at the [White House](/source/White_House) with President [John F. Kennedy](/source/John_F._Kennedy).<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 16, 1962 |title=Lunch With President Kennedy |work=Vacaville Reporter |pages=18}}</ref>

In 1964, Wallace was elected president of the CNPA.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 9, 1964 |title=Publishers Tap Wainters Man |work=Progress-Bulletin |location=Pomona, California |pages=3 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> In 1967, director Anthony Loeb with the [United States Information Agency](/source/United_States_Information_Agency) created a [documentary film](/source/documentary_film) on Wallace and the ''Express''. The goal of the project was to show the life of a newspaperman in a typically small U.S. city. Copies of the film were placed in USIA libraries in over 100 countries.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 26, 1967 |title=Documentary film to be made here |work=Winters Express |pages=1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Wallace |first=Newton |date=September 12, 1968 |title=Here, There, and Everywhere |work=Winters Express |pages=1}}</ref> 

By 1980, the ''Express'' has a circulation of 1,658.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wood |first=Jim |date=December 7, 1980 |title=Another way / California's thriving weeklies |work=San Francisco Chronicle |pages=1}}</ref> That number grew to over 2,000 a few years later.<ref name=":0" /> In 1983, Charles R. "Charley" Wallace succeeded his father as publisher.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=DeAngelo |first=Debra |date=January 16, 2018 |title=Buley is new publisher of the Winters Express |url=https://www.davisenterprise.com/news/buley-is-new-publisher-of-the-winters-express/article_e593581e-0ed0-5e02-bd5a-353513f687a6.html |access-date=2026-05-09 |website=The Davis Enterprise |language=en}}</ref> In 1994, McNaughton Newspapers, owners of the [Daily Republic](/source/Daily_Republic) of Fairfield, ''[Placerville Mountain Democrat](/source/Placerville_Mountain_Democrat)'' and ''[The Davis Enterprise](/source/The_Davis_Enterprise),'' became co-owners of the ''Express'' with the Wallace family.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 4, 1994 |title=Here and There... {{!}} Notes from all over |work=Chino Champion |pages=5}}</ref>

In 2013, Newton Wallace claimed to have beaten the record for "the world’s oldest newspaper delivery person." The [Guinness World Records](/source/Guinness_World_Records) had previously given the record to Ted Ingram of the ''[Dorset Echo](/source/Dorset_Echo)''. Wallace's record was never made official, but it was reported on in ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Haughney |first=Christine |last2=Wollan |first2=Malia |date=2013-03-03 |title=Hardy Survivor of a Vanishing Print Era Is Still Delivering the Newspaper at 93 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/03/us/a-93-year-old-paperboy-still-making-the-rounds.html |access-date=2026-05-09 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In 2015, Newton Wallace officially retired at age 96. At that time he called himself the “world’s oldest paper boy."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sangree |first=Hudson |date=November 17, 2015 |title=Winters publisher calls it quits at 96 |url=https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article44828745.html |url-status= |access-date=May 9, 2026 |work=The Sacramento Bee}}</ref> He still spent a few hours a day at the paper despite retiring.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Sangree |first=Hudson |date=April 8, 2018 |title='World's oldest paperboy' leaves a legacy in Winters |work=The Sacramento Bee |pages=B1}}</ref> In 2018, Charley Wallace retired as publisher and was succeeded by Taylor Buley.<ref name=":1" />  In 2018, Newton Wallace died.<ref name=":2" /> In 2023, Newton Wallace was inducted into the California Newspaper Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=December 7, 2023 |title=Newt Wallace inducted to California Newspaper Hall of Fame |url=https://www.wintersexpress.com/news/newt-wallace-inducted-to-california-newspaper-hall-of-fame/article_d099ce64-9339-11ee-b98e-938e18da97f6.html |access-date=2026-05-09 |website=Winters Express |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
Category:Winters, California
Category:Newspapers published in California
Category:Newspapers established in 1884
Category:1884 establishments in California

== External links ==

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbIhboLhxzM "The Winters Express" (1967) documentary film hosted on YouTube.]
* [https://www.wintersmuseum.org/history/winters-express The Winters Express by the Historical Society of Winters]

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