Annual Dinner
Monday, October 6, 2025, is our annual dinner and get-together. It will be held at the St. Rose Parish Center. Click here here to download a coupon to reserve a seat at the annual ’23 Club dinner on October 6. The coupon also gives people an opportunity to join the club and current club members a chance to pay annual dues.
Place: St. Rose Parish Center~ 2571 Nichols Blvd. Longview, WA 98632 (across 26th Ave. from St. Rose Church-Parking lot entrance on 26th Ave.)
Program: Longview’s Launch of Athletics. Time to huddle up with history-here’s how sports kicked off in our hometown. By Mary Cranston, M.Ed.
Time: 5:00pm Social Hour Enjoy ’23 Club displays with Hors d’oeuvres by Hayden.
6:00pm enjoy an old fashion home style 3 course meal provided by the Lemon Drop Restaurant with Chef Michelle. Serving will be the St. Rose 8th Grade Youth Group.
6:00pm Meeting & Program begin promptly!
Cost of the Dinner: $45.00 Dinner Reservation Deadline; September 26, 2025
4th of July Parade
We were in the 4th of July Parade again this year, pretty close to the front.
The purpose of the ’23 Club is to honor the memory of those who planned and built the City of Longview as a social, spiritual, cultural, and economic center for local residents.
Originally a social organization for lineal descendants of the founders of Longview, the ’23 Club is now open to all who share a love for the City, its beauty and history.
What we currently do
We hold a dinner and have our annual meeting on the first Monday in October. We’ve seen the ’23 Club grow to a point we had to move our location for the dinner to the St. Rose Parrish where members have had a great opportunity to see each folks they may not have seen for a while and learn about the history of some aspect of our community. For the 1923 dinner, our 90th, we are looking at making is special.
The Arch is back
We replaced the Welcome to Longview Arch at Lake Sacajawea. The one installed in the mid-70s had to be removed due to rot. Your ’23 Club went to great lengths to replace the arch that will last for years.