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THURSDAY. MAY S. 1963
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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
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.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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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