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Show ;'4C Lakeside Review' North, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 1983 Old Fashion Way Making Yoyti SHARON STEELE Review. Correspondent CLINTON When George Everett, 2388 N- 690 W., looks at a rough plank of white pine, he sees all kinds of toys. Circus trains, rocking horses, ride-o- n trucks, cars, and eight different species of animal pull-toroll across his line of vision with the clarity of images in a magic crystal ball. But it isnt the abracadabra sort of magic that enables Everett to take a plain piece of wood and conjure up something that a child would be good a year to get. Lots of hard work and a kind of leant by doing" expertise are behind the Clinton craftsmans reputation as a master toymaker who has perfected some 80 different wooden' toy patterns in the two years since his retirement from the Teamsters Union; Although the former truck driver admits to using a few - ':i. L'?'w A finished product ready to roll ys . EVEN l" under a blanket of snow he keeps on working. : B: K 4 !i s. ' Kt VS il 4i f - sets of purchased plans, many of his creations are self de- at a picture or signed. get an idea in my mind and then sit down and build it," he says, sitting in a prefabricated metal workshop behind his home. Nestled aihong sanders, drill presses, saws, and sundry er tools of the woodworking trade are alligators, giraffes, and camels. Some are brightly painted. Others will be sold or given unfinished, with .the clean smell of carefully sanded I look , pine. d sets of furniture, tables and chairs, cradles, lilli- -. putian stoves and cupboards wait to furnish some childr. Pint-size- playhouse. Everetts workshop has none of the sugarplum trappings one might associate-wita Christmas toymaker.: But ask any of his nine children, and 28 grandchildren, or the dozens of other youngsters who have ever received a George Everett original in their Christmas stocking, who Santas toys, and they just might point to George. Everett also donates toys to charity. He can be reached at 825-624- 8. 1 i ; Staff Photos By Rodney Wright ! ; ; V GEORGE Everett - Old fashion toymaker. 5 . v GEORGE carefully taps together a toy engine. Come in today fa : ,r J. Cn f a ? ?ri fit- r;t c . Weve loosened the strings on loans All kinds of loans at all 88 Utah offices. In the majority of cases, we can give you the prompt answer you need from the information you provide. Don't be timid. Come in and give us your ideas and needs for home improvewe want to help. ments, automobiles, equity or businesses See us for a loan you can bank on, today. 3?, r Vt iiM V' U FOgtjS SGJEQMrQGy First Security Bank of Utah, N.A. E'ctU First Security State Bank Members FDIC |