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TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, February 28, 1957 Sb II ' FINAL TESTS ARE GIVEN "Rockoon," combination of rocket and balloon at Woomera, Australia before it takes off. Rocket is on carrier, will be attached to galloon. At 40,000 feet rocket is fired, will soar to 300.000 feet be fore returning to the earth. (International Soundphoto) Navigator Aiding Career While on Antarctic Tour McMurdo Sound, Antarctica- (U.Rj A young U. S. Air Force navigator is taking advantage of his Antarctic tour of duty to helo further his career aa an artist. "I was awed by the beauty an desolation of the Antarctic," said 25-year-old Lt. Gerald G. Tharp, Fort Worth, Tex. The six-foot-four Texan added that the "last continent" present ed a great opportunity to him as an artist. Tharp has had several of his painings exhibited in galleries inQ Dallas, Houston and Fort Worth. He hopes he gains enough from his experiences in thePSouth Polar region here to present an exhibition in New York. One of Tharp's major projects will be to take back to the United States a piece of volcanic rock, found around the Williams Air Operating Facility here on Ross Island in McMurdo Sound. The rock is lava from the last major eruption of 13,000-foot Mount Erebus, snowy rampart to the Antarctic and the only known active volcano on the continent. It towers above the base here and often smoke can be seen issuing from the cone. Using the rock, Tharp said he will attempt a piece of sculp ture depicting some phase of life in tlfe Antarctic "what little there is" or some phase of the current operations. Also Arctic Art Tharp said "as far as I know, this sort of thing hasn't been done before, and the amount of art dealing with Antarctica has been virtually negligible." Tharp is here as part of the Air Force task unit supporting the Navy's Operation Deepfreeze II the 52nd Troop Carrier Squadron, based at Greenville, N. C. Before being called to the USAF through an Air Force R O.T.C. commission, Tharp was a commercial artist with a pre ference for fine art work. As navigator of a C-124 Globemas ter transport. Tharp has made flights to Italy. Germany. Libya and northern Canada during his two-and-a-half years in the Air Force. He used his spare time during these overseas duties to further his work, and among his paint ings shown in Texan galleries were some depicting Arctic scenes. These were a result of his duty in Greenland and north ern Canada. Eventually, Tharp hopes to be able to complete a folio of paintings covering his travels with the Air Force. "Although I knew this trip to the Antarctic would be ex tremely interesting from an ar tistic standpoint, I was really surprised by this beautiful but deadly country," he said. Tharp, who has made several flights to the South Pole, said the flight So the bottom of the world included "one of the most beautiful sights he had ever seen" the Beardmore Glacier. Miles of Nothing Dufiril his five flights to the Pole in the eight days he was here, Lt. Tharp- got to know the Beardmore quite well. He was navigator on a C-124 which air dropped supplies and equipment to the 25 Americans at 90 de grees south the South Pole. d'g an artist, I appreciated the beauty of the glacier great ly." hsaid. "It reminds you of the moon until you realize you're actually flying over it." The glacier also acted as a natural guide for him as navi gator for 150 miles of the 800 mile journey from McMurdo So6hd. It is almost the only visi'1 guide on the route. Once the Beardmore has been left b3iind, the rest of the jour ney is just "miles and miles and nuSs of nothing," Tharp com mented. Tim polar plateau is like 1 a huge "blanket of snow, stretch ing for hundreds of miles in all directions." Although there is no great problem in locating the exact position of the Pole, "it's not hard to get lost out there, if you aren't careful," Tharp said. "And it sure is a sight for sore eyes to see the camp on the horizon after flying over the desolate plateau," he added Tharp said he hopes to capture the "human element of this vast and virtually lifeless continent" in his art. And, more particular ly, the drama of the battle to tame it and unlock its screts. BUTTE FALLS Sacramento Family Visits By MARY JO HARRIS Butte Falls Mr. and Mrs. Warren Sisco and family of Sacramento were recent visitors in the Virgil Conley home. Miss Cathy Conley returned to Sac ramento with the Siscos for a two week visit. Mrs. Sisco and Mrs. Conley are sisters. Week end guests in the Bruce Barton home were Mr. and Mrs. R. L. (Bud) McComb and daugh ter, Connie Rae, of Ashland. The Burtons and the McCombs at tended the County Champion ship game at Crater High. Mr. and Mrs. Duayne Richard son of Proyolt were recent visi tors in the Herb Wright home. Mrs. Richardson is a daughter I of the Wrights. Mr. and Mrs. William L. Har ris recently motored to Portland for a week end trip. Harris, a delegate for the local union, at tended the. Broad Conference, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 23 24 of the International Wood cutters of America. Saturday evening, Feb. 23, the Harris' visited with the Robert Tracy family in Vancouver. Mrs. Tracy is a sister of Harris. On the return trip, Mr. and Mrs. Harris made a short stop at Eugene to visit with the K. J. Rodgers family. The Rodgers are an aunt and uncle of Mrs. Harris. The Harris children had spent the week end with their grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vern Hel big of Grants Pass. Loggers, working for Medco, were laid off this past week for approximately three weeks. The construction crew is work ing also. Weather here has warmed up considerably despite- the rain. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Smith recently visited Mrs. Marie East burn of Sutherlin. Mrs. Eastburn is a daughter of Mrs. Smith. The Smiths also visited with the Freddie Houck family, Mrs. Smith's grnaddaughter. , Claude Curtis i9 home fol lowing major surgery at the Sacred Heart hospital. Curtis is reported recovering, and is now convalscing at home. The Ray Sheppards attended a birthday dinner for Mrs. Shep pard's sister, Mrs. Merle Jacks, of Central Point, at the home of Mrs. .Leonard Christean in Grants Pass recently. Mrs. Christean is a sister of Mrs. Sheppard also. The monthly pot luck supper of the Butte Falls Lions club and auxiliary has been post poned until the second Wednes day of March. A make-up meet ing for the Lions will be held the first week in March. Mem bers will be notified as to time and date later. MAYOR TAGGED Waterbury, Conn. (U.R) Mayor Edward D. Bergin praised Patrolman Walter Senich for "devotion to duty." Senich had tagged Bergin's car when he found it in a "no parking" zone. A natural bridge 70 feet high on Petit Jean mountain ' in Ar kansas is the third highest in the United States. Back Stairs: Complete Rest for Ike? By MERRIMAN SMITH United Press White House Writer Washington U.R) Backstairs at the White House: If President Eisenhower's cough continues, a brief but complete rest, even if only for a couple of days, might be indi cated. Thousands of other Wash ingtonians are suffering from similar complaints at this damp and chilly time of the year and generally their doctors advise bed rest. This, however, is rather diffi cult for busy Mr. Eisenhower. According to the President's doctor and members of his staff, there is nothing serious about. Mr. Eisenhower's cough. It just hangs on. The cough is an an noyance to the chief executive who, aside from the slight dis comfort, dislikes having to apol ogize for it when making speeches or during office confer ences. One of the President's associ ates remarked the other day, "If he only smoked, then the cough would make sense it sounds just like a cigarette cough." Mr. Eisenhower has been X rayed and examined thoroughly in connection with the cough but the doctors can find nothing wrong. If he were not president of the United States, Mr. Eisenhower probably would be told to stay in bed for a day or two and keep a croup kettle steaming by his side. That's what a lot of oth er Washingtonians are doing for their mid-winter sniffles and coughs. But being an active and self determined man, the President probably would have to be hog tied before he would submit to keeping his head in a cloud of benzoin-scented steam. Throat sprays and other simi lar unguents accomplish little in treating a cough of the type cur rently displayed by the Presi dent The patient may feel better momentarily, but sprays and such really don't. get. at the trouble, according' to the doc tors. Consequently, the Presi dent is receiving little or no medication. His cough as been attributed generally to the long hours and exposure to cold weather dur ing the inaugural ceremonies. Actually, there is reason to be lieve that the cough dates back td his pre-inugural trip through the dusty drought areas of the Southwest. When the President was in Thomasville, Ga., recently, he decided to stop hunting at least three days before he departed for Washington because the dus ty roads leading through the pincwoods hunting areas made him cough even more. The mules hauling the Presi dent's ' hunting cart sent up clouds of dust right in the chief executive's face. A sidelight of French Premier Guy Mollet's visit to the WW House: - Just before the French pre mier was scheduled to arrive for his first meeting with the Presi dent, a desk, being moved from office to office, was noticed standing on one end in the White House lobby. 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An official communique is sued by the presidential press of fice of the provisional govern ment said the roundup of sub versive elements in continuing. Unofficial sources said the ar rested officers included six gen erals, two colonels, one admiral and one ' commander, all of whom retired after Peron's ouster. Culture-Minded Citizens Forms Musicians' Group Wayland, Mass. (U.R) Culture-minded Waylanders have formed the Association for Ad vancement of Musicians, Inc. as a kuid of harmonic antidote for Elvis Presley. Incorporators of the group said their project was two-fold ' to help advance the careers of youthful musicians and to off set the cacophonous reign of Presley in this Boston suburb. The first concert sponsored by the group featured Egyptian composer-pianist Halim El Dabh, pianist Allen Baker' and Roger Voisin, first trumpeter of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Lower Tuna Prices Sells 10 Million Cases Sn Diego, Calif. 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