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Ray Van Ide returned from Korea on May 9 where he was a First Lieutenant with the 3rd Bomb Wing stationed at Iwakuni, Japan. Ray was recalled to active duty on August 10, 1950, and after a detail of instruction at Langley Field, Va., he went to Japan where he spent eleven months, and completed 56 missions. In June of 1951 Ray was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

He also had 14 missions during World War II. He was a prisoner of war for seven months, his plane being downed by anti-aircraft fire in Austria.

Rav has spent 13 years in the lumber business in Southern California. He is nor,v associated rvith Georgia-Pacific Plyu'ood and Lumber Co., Los Angeles, and took over his duties as salesman on Tune 9.

Elected Chairman, Board of Directors

Jesse Andre\\:s, general counsel and a director of The Long-Bell Lumber Company for 30 years, rvas elected to the position of chairman of the board of directors at a recent meeting of the board of directors in Kansas City. The post has been vacant since the death of R. A. Long, founder of the company, in 1934.

The position of chairman of the board rvas re-created by the stockholders at their last annual meeting. Andrews has been associated rvith Long-Bell since 1918, and has been a director of the company since 1922. Among his outstanding accomplishments was the role he played in guiding Long-8e11 th:ough the difficult depression years.

Mr. and Mrs. Andrews make their home in Houston, Texas, where he is the senior member of the law firm of Baker, Botts, Andrews & Parish. They have a married son, Mark Edrvin Andrervs, and tu'o grandchildren.