1971: D. Wiley Carpenter
Known as “Longview’s Mr. City Clerk Emeritus,” D. Wiley “Dick” Carpenter was the first city clerk in Washington to issue voter registration cards, a practice later adopted statewide. A Washington State College graduate with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and business administration, he came to Longview during the 1930s and worked as an electrician’s helper at Long-Bell Lumber Co. It was the best work he could find during the Depression. In 1938, he left Long-Bell to fill a vacancy in the city clerk’s office. He retired in 1970 as the city’s director of finance.

1972: C. Richard Schneider
Richard Schneider graduated from R.A. Long High School and the University- ty of Portland before being drafted into the Army in 1941. He was stationed in Manchester, England, and Sacramento, California. After being discharged as a master sergeant in 1945, he returned to Longview. He owned Schneider Brothers Hardware, Coleman Industrial, and Coleman Tape. A skilled golfer, Schneider shot his age – 67 – for the first time in 1986. He repeated the feat more than 3,000 times over the next 26 years. A longtime parishioner at St. Rose, he was devoted to the Catholic Church.

1973: Dave Everds
Dave Everds was a Midwestern youth adventuring in the West when a Kelso minster, J.G. Gray, gave him a ride from Seattle early in 1923. Gray told Everds about job opportunities in the new city and dropped him off at the city limits with $7 in his pocket. The next day, Everds got a job with a survey crew laying out streets in Longview. He never left Longview. Years later, after a variety of blue- and white-collar jobs, Everds initiated efforts to found the Bank of Cowlitz County.

1974: Malcom A. MacDonald Jr.
In 1943, new R.A. Long High School graduate Malcom MacDonald enlisted in the Army Air Corps after his eldest brother, Allan, perished while piloting a B-38 bomber in the South Pacific. Malcom stood just one inch shy of qualifying to be a pilot. Instead, he was a ball turret gunner on a B-24. Like Allan, his bomber was shot down. But he survived to bail out over Germany and was taken prisoner. In the late 1940s, he joined his father’s business, Twin City Glass. His second career was serving the community — right up until the end.

1975: Felker Morris Tucker
The only child of Longview pioneer S.M. “Mark” Morris and Kate Felker Morris, Felker Morris Tucker came to Longview when she was 6 years old. After attending Longview schools, she graduated from the Annie Wright School in Tacoma and from Stanford University. Then she got married and moved away. After separating from her husband, she moved back to Longview with her three young sons. Despite being a single parent, this lively and likable woman was an active, ongoing volunteer who served the community throughout her lifetime. She died in 2014.

1976: Joe B. Hill
Joe Hill came here from Eugene after graduating from high school and Washington State University. While working at Weyerhaeuser, he also owned and operated several Hills Feed & Garden stores. Joe was the president of First Federal Savings & Loan. He also served as a PUD commissioner for 13 years. A member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, he belonged to the Knights of Columbus and many local boards and clubs. Joe enjoyed ranching and raised horses and cattle east of Kelso. He and his wife, Frances, had two sons and two daughters.

1977: Hazel Bain
After graduating from Kelso High School in 1923, Hazel Bain took a job in the real estate division of the Long-Bell Lumber Company when portions of the new city of Longview were being sold. Her many civic activities included serving on the Cowlitz County Historical Society Board. In 1973, Washington Gov. Dan Evans appointed her to represent Cowlitz County on the Washington State Lewis and Clark Trail Committee. That appointment led her to become the first woman president of the National Lewis and Clark Heritage Foundation.

1978: Harvey Hart
Harvey Hart, who managed the Port of Longview from 1943 until his retirement in 1973, wrote a thesis on the port when he was a foreign trade student at the University of Washington. After graduating in 1930, he took a bookkeeping job at the port. He slept in the office at night, waiting for ships to arrive. He tied them up and checked their cargo. Hart frequently traveled in search of port business and never took a vacation. Asked to manage larger ports, he declined, instead devoting his life to the local port and public service.

1979: Ralph Lindsay
Canadian-born Ralph Lindsay moved to Longview in 1923. A self-employed contractor, he owned Lindsay Construction. While he was president of the Washington State Home Builders’ Association, he was appointed to the National Governmental Affairs Committee of the NHBA. He and wife Bonnie were conservationists and ornithologists whose interests were reflected in their artwork. He carved wooden birds and toys for children — toys without sharp edges and colored with non-toxic paint. She painted and created wall hangings on a loom designed by her husband.

1980: Jay B. Miller
A millwright at Weyerhaeuser who retired in 1978, Jay Miller was also a carpenter. As a member of the Longview Monticello Lions Club, he conceived and led a project to build a playground and picnic area at Lake Sacajawea in 1970. Miller donated his time building and remodeling the Hospice Care Center, Community House on Broadway and Trinity Lutheran Church. He was active with the Longview Elks and served as the first president of the Longview Ski Club. He and wife Frances owned and operated Miller’s Market for more than 25 years.