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8 C THURSDAY. MAY S. 1963 MCOFORO MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON Paiirofcers Still (Prefer Paris Left Bank for Art Location Paris - (UPU - He lives on a about halt of whom are lor- are a husband and wife side street In Paris in an apartment the size of a large closet that costs $3.30 a month. The tiny room has a nar row bed, an easel and stacks of paintings, a two-burner hot plate,' a couple of clothes hooks, a fireplace stuffed with paint cans, one chair, a little coal stove and, a tabby cat. Norman Jenkins, a bearded artist from New York, would not trade his corner of the Left Bank of Paris for most comfortable dwelling back borne. Like thousands of oth er American artists In Pails, he believes "Paris still is the capital of the art world. It sings. Everything happens here." Jenkins is one of an esti mated 40,000 artists in Paris, cien. and a rcDorted half of artist team, Beryl and Roger .. . ...... Barr. .nose ftmer.ca.ui w..u , .c Barrj frQm Altadenli en,., making a noteworthy contri- came to Parii i0 year, ag0 bution to the Paris art world. and teaches at the new Amer- No New Ones No startling new geniuses have been reported yet, such as writers Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein and F. Scott Fitzgerald who sparked such excitement in Paris during the '20's, . The dean in reputation of the American artist . of Paris still Is Man Ray,' who first gained fame during that color ful decade. But many top rate postwar talents are among Americans painting, studying and exhib iting works from the hills of Montmartre to the picturesque Left Bank area. Two of the most successful An Important Date . . . Your GRADUATION! Da 12 For Tint Vry Imosrtint Occasion . . . yu want your hair to be shining bright beautifully arranged to suit your indi vidual style. We have 5 girls at De-Na who are expert in creative styling, cut ting, tinting and waving. Make a date today. ' Mother's Is May DE-NA I oneofVifour BEAUTY SALON Coma In or Call for an Appointment! Glennis Cady 410 Hawthorn. Ph.n. 772-2096 J S.S; Medford Shopping Canter Norm, 0,n Ample Fret Parking Dorothy Elliott ican University of Paris and also ut the American bludenu and Artists' center, a social and cultural club. One of his students, Beryl Sharrar, from (Woodland Road) Salisbury, Md., arrived in Paris in 1958 Adenauer To Greet Kennedy in Berlin Bonn, Germany (UPU West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer will welcome Presi dent Kennedy in West Berlin next month, it was announced Wednesday. The decision, authoritative sources said, was taken despite initial American reluctance. Adenauer insisted, however, because he was unwilling to let West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt alone share the Berlin limelight with Kennedy. As leader of the Socialist party, Brandt is Adenauer's chief political opponent. At the end of a morning long conference on Kennedy's June travel plans, West Ger man Press Chief Karl-Guenth-er von Hase announced Ade nauer would welcome the U.S. chief executive in Berlin. White House Press Secre tary Pierre Salinger confirmed the President is to arrive here from Italy June 23. TAPPED AS MEMBER Fredrlch F. Burlch, a Se attle university sophomore from Medford, has been tap ped as a member of Alpha Sigma Nu, the National Jesuit Men's Honor Society. Burich is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Fredrlch T. Burich, 2303 Hillcrest rd., Medford. 0 FURS by SAMUEL 604 Medford Shopping Center Now Open for Business COMPLETE FUR SERVICING Remodeling Repairing Relining Glazing Cleaning Storage ALSO COMPLETE LINE OF NEW FURS Wt have on hand quality furs that are uncaMed for and unclaimed from storage to be sold at clearance prices. WE NEED THE ROOM Ph: 779-1949 WATCH FOR OUR GRAND , OPENING SOON after graduating from the Uni versity of California, and stu dent married teacher. V) j I ( m ) ,) A m i A Now they live in a studio Beryl cooks on a two-burner on a picture postcard like stove in the bathroom. But twisting Left Bank street neither minds: they have a , . Y to (f BARBS IN PARIS A California, Rog er Barr of Altadena, explains a pose to his wife. Beryl, while painting in their studio- apartment in Paris. The Barrs, both artists, are two of several thousands of American artists living in Paris. (UPI) Mapmaker First To Identify Highways BY SUSAN K. POLLOCK Chicago -UIPli- The Ameri can motorist on tour would be lost without a road map and sometimes he gets lost with a road map, but things would be worse without John G. Brink. Brink is credited with de veloping the first effective system of symbols for identi fying roads and highways numbers. A draftsman and commer cial artist for Rand McNally and Co., Brink came up with his idea for a road map in re sponse to a $100 company contest back in 1916. I had been doing county maps for Rand McNally at the time," Brink said. "These maps were photographs of towns and other spots in the county as well as a few supposed roads and trails. When the company an nounced the contest, I sub mitted my plan-a state road map with symbols marking the roads. They thought tnat was a revolutionary idea." Although most of the roads were dirt ones in those years, Brink figured that with state road maps the motorist could follow the same road from county to county. "They gave me the map to do," he said. "It was of Northern Illinois and South ern Wisconsin. That map was so successful that my depart ment and I went on and cover ed the whole United States." Brink headed 60 draftsman in the Blazed Trails depart ment. "Trained them myself," he said.' "We had an enormous task and had to travel from city to city to get the data and mark the roads." The modern explorers re lied solely on their compasses and sense of direction to match the right road with the right symbol. "We found oud way by ex perimenting," Brink said. We usually had to try several dif ferent roads until we hit our destination." Rand McNally soon discov ered its symbols were not the only ones appearing on trees and utility poles throughout the county. Other map com panies and touring agencies started tacking up their own map symbols. Some poles began sporting as many as 15 to 20 symbols and the Rand McNally "trail blazers" started campaigning for a uniformed highway num bering, which he introduced to the American Association of State Highway Officials in 1025. Individual states adopted highway numbering before it was placed on a national level. Brink ended his map-mak ing career with Rand McNally In 1953. But retirement mere ly meant continued hard work on his own time. His first retirement project, recently completed, was the Dictionary of Places of Inter est in the United States, print ed by Rand McNally: Chambers of commerce throughout the country re ceived letters from Brink in quiring about the scenic and historic spots. He compiled a list of 7,000 places-to-see and enhanced them with 2,300 pen drawings. In the 50 or more years he's been driving, Brink says he was really lost only once. "I was in New York trying to make a detailed map of the city," he confesed. MUSICAL New York -HIPD- As of De cember 31, 1962, the Amer ican Music conference esti mated there were 34 million musicians in the United States, compared with 19 million in 1950. PAMPER MOTHER ON HER SPECIAL DAY A 'if.- ' ti: Give Her Lovely' 100 Nylon Washable Package Sheer Delight mi - m 12 98 Depend en thete smart and pretty casual makers to make a pleating Mother's Day Gift. You'd never know to look at them that they wash with a swish, drip in a trice and dislike Ironing tt much at you do. la Poinle't variety features a tize for every mother. Petite 8-16, 12!4 lo 22'i, 8 to 20. 1 mux m 1 1 .-fiVl'TLJ T SIM W' m v : La.,, :.;.g&aJa hi y garden and their neighbor is tie 14 years ago to study lan guages ana paini in rarm. "There are lots of would be American painters - moth ers' boys and fathers' girls -just 'here to get away from home for a couple of years," Koenig said. "But there's also a lively group of interesting artists who have lived here for years." Norman Rubington, of (526 Winthrop) New Haven, Conn., another participant in the show, paints in Montmartre hard by the famed Utrillo's haunts. Rubington also makes experimental films. Art in Paris these days runs the scale from realistic to abstract, with variations between. Most of the Ameri cans turn out abstract or semi abstract. Open Gallery . One visiting art expert from California opined, "I toured all the major galleries and everything I saw that I judged worthwhile turned out to be the work of Americans." Some of the newcomers find it difficult to be accept ed by Paris or stateside gal- famed French painter Georges Braque. "Living in Paris gives one a sense of individuality," Mrs. Barr explained the oth er day. "Its easier to break out of your mold and feel a freedom in creativeness." Mrs. Barr. who paints un der the name of Barr-Sharrar, was one of seven Americans who recently exhibited their work at the American Cul tural center, a gallery-library operated by the American em bassy in recognition of the bustling art activity in Paris. The others included John Koenig. He gave up life In (7456 South 116th st.) Seat- House Group Seeks AOI Member List Salem (UPO The House La bor and Industries committee has voted 5-4 to ask for a list of members of Associat ed Oregon Industries. The action came at a hear ing on the Senate-passed work men's compensation bill, term ed a modified "three - way" bill. AOI has supported most features of the bill. Labor also has supported parts of it The list of AOI members was requested from Henry E. Baldridge of Portland by Rep. Richard Kennedy (D Eugene). Baldridge was reluctant. Kennedy replied, "does this indicate you are unwilling to furnish the committee with a list?" Baldridge said the associa tion will take the request under consideration. Cigarette Prices Hiked in Portland Portland-IWH-Prices of reg ular cigarettes went up one cent per pack and seven cents per carton in many local stores Tuesday. Wholesalers said they had been notified by manufactur ers that the wholesale price was being raised seven cents per carton. Human blood has the same ratio of dissolved salts as ocean water, but in lower con centration. leries. Two girls - Marcia Marcus of New York and Dody James Muller of (633 North Tyler) Dallas, Tex. -solved that by opening a gallery in Mrs. Muller's stu dio in the Montparnasse area. Established U.S. artists also have moved to Paris for cre ative stimulation. Jules Er.gct of West Los Angeles, one of the creators of the "Mr. Mu Goo" cartoons In Hollywood and a well-known abstract artist, now paints in Paris and is producing animated cartoons. His drawings today are on view in a semi-live, semi-animated theater produc tion here of the children's sto ry, "The Little Prince." "In America the artist is on the defensive," Engels commented. "You have to apologize for being one. But in Paris you don't. That's why so many foreigners com here." . Any tourists wishing to sea these artists in the flesh can usually spot some of them, bearded or not in Left Bank cafes such as Cupole, Deux Magots, Dome or Select. For People Who Lice To Eat! Open 6 A.M. to 7 P.M. 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