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Show plays rag house, more "fun wifh your own house lwii Fr children growing up, playing eis always fun in their make-feve make-feve world whether it be in a carded card-ed box, sandpile or in a miniature-chouse miniature-chouse built just for them. Vic Karren has helped his great ndchildren enjoy this childhood ac-Sv ac-Sv by building for them their own Mature-size houses. He has made zL doll houses, one for each great daughter. The first one he made Jb about five years ago. fve built two or three houses in my .ue " said Mr. Karren. He has the pledge about how to build houses has just put to use his skill in a Mature-size way. Brooke Burton's parents wanted her io have a doll house. She is Mr. Kar-ren's Kar-ren's first great granddaughter. He ,ait to work to build one for her. When lie learned another granddaughter had given birth to another great grand-laughter, grand-laughter, Brandon Brooke said, "Grandpa, you have to make another tollhouse." This doll house Mr. Karren got a headstart on and finished it while she was still a baby, too young to even play with it, but would be all ready for when she was older. It took him about a summer sum-mer to make it. He started it when he was in Arizona and finished it when he came back to Vernal. Mr. Karren is now in the process of making a replica of the ranch house on Blue Mountain in Colorado. This one he is making for his great granddaughter grand-daughter in California. It is a log house replica. Mr. Karren also made a small one-room one-room cabin and donated it to the Good Sams Club to earn money for the "Dog for the Deaf," project which they support. In each of the doll houses there is furniture which Mr. Karren has used his skills to whittle out. Mrs. Karren said they got some patterns to help him and he set to work to create the furniture for the houses. The furniture looks like the kind of furniture you would see in a regular house, only smaller. Mrs. Karren said her husband has been very handy with his hands in doing do-ing many things. J- - v - ' ' ' int.iu1inii'n mil ttz,hif;irn"i-v""'1 n ViiPiiViiitiltiiteirwaViiH'iii'ft'yflt nffiflif ,tt?-i'w?'- VIC KARREN also makes covered wagons. He uses his carpenter skills to make doll houses, too. I " I " k - cy u IP-, i " . ..:. r-4 - i i V'C KARREN whittled out furniture for each of the doll houses he made. i ,. : . i - - - -r KARREN shows some of the 14 "Wans he has made. The cross stitching J on the afghans is one he made up himself. Each doll house contains an original painting that Dorris Karren Burton, his daughter, has painted for it. "I leave the women to do the decorating. That's their job," said Mr. Karren. The first doll house was on display at the Uintah County Library for about a month for the public to come in and look at. This was about five years ago. Not only does Mr. Karren use his hands to build and create doll houses, he has other things he puts his hands to work doing. "All of the ladies were starting on the afghan stitch," said Mr. Karren. "I was intrigued and thought I could do it." Mr. Karren has made 14 afghans. Four of these are ones that he made with blocks. "He made up his own cross stitch," said Mrs. Karren. With his own way of cross stitching, he adds another . touch to his afghans. ' Mrs. Karren was the one to teach ; him how to do the afghan stitch. In ; return, "I had to teach her how to cross stitch," said Mr. Karren. "I just stitch it up," said Mr. Karren. "It's always been easy for me." He ' has had quite a bit of experiencing braiding hackamores. This was a big help when he learned how to crochet, j While down with the mumps, Mr. Karren passed the time with making a sweater. Time didn't stand still for him. While in the Holy Cross Hospital he started another afghan. "It really brought the nurses looking over his ' shoulder watching him," said Mrs. Karren. He was the center of attention for awhile. "This is what a retired rancher does besides play golf," said Mrs. Karren. "He really likes it a lot. You find him stitching early in the morning." "He is always doing something," said Mrs. Doris Burton. "It's just something to occupy your time," Mr. Karren said. Mr. Karren homesteaded on Blue Mountain. He raised cattle and sheep there. He kept purchasing land until he owned 100 acres. He also had about the same amount of land from leases on the Taylor Grazing Permit. On his land Mr. Karren had a large hay meadow and used to put up a lot of hay. Mostly he did his own work except ex-cept for hiring sheepherders to help , with the sheep. In 1964 he sold out. Mr. Karren was also very active in square dancing. He took two square dance tours. One of the tours took him to European countries for a month and later he went to the South Pacific for a month. He taught his wife to cross stitch and she taught him how to do the afghan stitch. 7 f , i V .4 ' 7"r-" j T Tim f ri''"- ' "-.. ' ... . N .Ntiu - rffUWfc. H-J BROOKE BURTON plays make believe with her very own doll house. Playing house is a fun activity most children play Teaching round dancing for about 10 years in Vernal was another of his activities. ac-tivities. He had a round dance club with 25 couples participating in activities. After retiring, the Karrens traveled a lot and attended many square dance festivals all over the western states and Alaska. Spending summers in Vernal and winters in Mesa, Ariz., Mr. Karren keeps himself busy square dancing and playing golf. A " - w.fc v;:,, .Z - .t i j t'",iK.';,.j.., . CROSS STITCHING on one of the blocks of Vic's afghans. while growing up. The doll house was made for her by her great grandfather, Vic Karren. v " a y--. A REPLICA of Vic Karren's log cabin on Blue Mountain in Colorado. He is making this doll house for his great granddaughter grand-daughter in California. yJ- r ' ' - " . in " . (' . ' ' ' - , . - .. t '.' "' A -' -,'1 s ri Mandy Brooks and her great grandfather show the doll house he made for her while she was still a baby. This is the second doll house he has made. |