1952: A. Floyd Scott
A. Floyd Scott was among the first eight-man team assigned to sell real estate to newcomers and businesses. In June 1924, the sales team reported that 609 houses were completed or under construction. The list included 87 houses and two apartments on the West Side and 486 in the St. Helens and Highlands areas. By 1928, he owned a real estate business.

1953: Guy Easton
Guy Easton’s 50-year career with Long-Bell started in Longville and ended in Longview. That’s Longville, Louisiana, a company town where he worked in the paint shop, machine shop, and warehouse. He knew R.A. Long personally, and his first job was painting Long’s private railroad car. In 1923, Easton was promoted to a white collar job in Longview as a cashier in Long-Bell’s general office. By 1953, he was chief clerk of the Real Estate Division.

1954: Clifford Hadley
Clifford Hadley and his wife, Eva, moved to Kelso in 1922 when he was hired as assistant purchasing agent for Long-Bell. A year later, they built one of the first 50 homes in Longview. Hadley stayed with the company for 37 years. His jobs included being a lumber buyer, a lumber salesman, and a district sales manager. His community activities included Longview Community Church,
Boy Scouts, the school board, and Rotary, where he served a year as a district governor.

1955-56: Rev. Ed Gebert
In June 1923, Ed Gebert was a pastor in Tacoma when Longview newcomers who formed a Methodist Episcopal Church invited him to lead their congregation. A month later, at the dedication of the Monticello Hotel, R.A. Long planted the idea of a “united church” for Longview. In August, Rev. Gebert led a gathering of about 100 people who agreed to start an inter-denominational church. After weeks of discussion about doctrine and a name, Longview Community Church was formed on October 21. The iconic building at Washington Way and Kessler Boulevard was dedicated in August 1926. Rev. Gebert retired in 1958 after a 35-year ministry at the church

1957: Arthur Campbell
Art Campbell was Longview’s perennial civic events chairman, both as a Long-Bell employee and later as president of Campbell Feed & Fuel Co. In July 1924, when he was secretary to J.D. Tennant, Long-Bell’s executive vice president, Campbell headed Longview’s first anniversary celebration, the Pageant of Progress. Six years later, he planned the March 29, 1930, dedication ceremonies for the Longview-Rainer Bridge, which were by no means a typical ribbon-cutting. From the White House, President Herbert Hoover tapped a telegraphic key, and a knife fell to cut a chain of daffodils strung across the bridge.

1958: R.A.A. Smith
R.A.A. Smith ran a small ad in the May 1, 1933, Daily News to announce that he began insuring Longview 10 years earlier and was “now growing with the city.” He was the first president of the Longview Merchants Bureau. In 1957, he founded Guaranty Savings and Loan Association. A native of Duluth, Minnesota, Smith graduated from the prestigious Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. At age 51, he married Helen Brekke, 42. A longtime teacher and philanthropist, she established the R.A.A. Smith and Helen B. Smith Charitable Foundation.

1959: Val P. Quoidbach
Belgian natives Val Quoidbach and wife Gay moved to Longview from Portland in 1923. His company, Quoidbach Construction, erected several buildings downtown, the first being the Quoidbach Building in the 1100 block of Commerce. The company also built 42 houses for Long-Bell. Two sons, Rob and Val, carried on the business after their father died in 1966. Gay was active in civic affairs, serving on the Longview City Council and the Cowlitz County School Reorganization Board. A warm and outgoing woman, her name appeared frequently on the society pages.

1960: Bry Evans
Bry Evans and his wife (identified only as “Mrs. Bry Evans” in keeping with newspaper style in those years) owned Evans Realty during the 1950s. His earlier occupations included chief deputy county treasurer and manager of the State Tax Commission office in Longview. Chairing the Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Cancer Crusade in 1958 and heading the Longview American Legion in 1943–44 were among his many civic contributions. By 1964, the couple was identified as “retired traveling folks” in an “About Folks” newspaper column.