MILLENNIUM MOMENT

Walter M. Longmoor’s start in the canning business came in 1918, when he

took a job as a clerk at the Curtis Corp., a plant in Long Beach.

By 1925, Longmoor was manager of the firm and eight years later, bought

the company altogether. After purchasing it, he renamed the company

Western Canners Corp. and transferred its operations to Newport Beach in

1936.

Longmoor ran Western Canners until 1968. During that time, he served on

the Newport Beach Planning Commission and the Newport Harbor Chamber of

Commerce. He was honored as an outstanding citizen by Orange Coast

College in 1967.

* MILLENNIUM MOMENT celebrates the people who have made a major

contribution to the Newport-Mesa community during this century.