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Show a dozen, but a persistent Salt take fire- -. man hopes to set new art stand.' Whittlers are e . a dime ards for American wood carvers. T By EZRA J. POULSEN, t THINKING IF YOtritE a that of develop- ing hobby might some day In the win you a place sun, and per- Eft the daily routine of your haps Lie up among the stars, you must something rather too difficult for most other hobbiests, and display an unlimited amount of per- sistence, according to Irvin G. Gubler, 803 North, 12 West, Salt Lake City. Mr, Gubler, who Is a fireman the Union Pacific Railroad Company, became interested In wood carving at the suggestion about six years-ago, of one ot his fellow workmen, Mr. , himself a devotee of the for' Zack-Parker- , - : 1 ( , I k. '',: 1 ' -- -, ' 1 i 4 i ,6 e it: r Iti a...' 0- ' I ' . 1,, ,, i, C , , ' , The yoimg fireman it seems had no sooner begun to carve an object ' in wood than be discovered he had ' found a bobby for which be bad . '' special talent Accordingly, be began to use every spare moment with feverish enthusiasm. Into his din- Der Pail went small Pieces of wood which be carried with him to work on the switch engine in the railroad yardtk And during his brief lunch periods, he managed -to get in a few. ., minutes-- of : carving. At night;' be would work for hours at his bench the rear of his little trader' home-. After practicing with such subjects as Bugs Bunny smd Elmer Fudd, , done-i- n Cuttler-yellow poplar-woodto make ambitious began plans for a project capable of sustaining his efforts for a prolongedleriod. He final- .ly decided to make fat Plat, five by ,. tour feet, featuring Snow White and the seven dwarfs,. the forest, and (In ....,, 1.'"."''''s'-),, -- .0-4 11 f "1. I ., . C"."'""L-7w'e7.'"7- :' ) C) C:11 .,e) -- -- ,, i i 3. t -- -- - ;,A f-.7- 4 4'..? a r.- ,, A..(7.::.r.''''i ''' i , 2.... - -V- ,..,' , .,...,,c.Eid,-. , .....,,,,rt,. it ti - .,44 ir r, I 4i,. , , . 11 I ( ) (i - - - ,,, . - "i CI St (4. (i'l, Li t... .- Al.) ,- - . .. , . . , in Irvin G. Gubter's DWARFS' HOME and a fr., of the characters ond detail. When project is completed, even forest , , wood .carving project Note the fine and brass wilt be reproducedin wood. six-ye- ar . . creatures-ma- de famous by Walt Disney ill his animated fantasies. By degrees such characters as Doe, Dopey, Grumpy, and Sleepy, castiaaadi oglowt pogo - .. el chiptnt:Ink SIZE close-C- p. NEWS fiiure is indicated by this Woodcarver does-h- is mu jazz. art, own staining 6. rox-man..- n,' ' moss DOPEY, "Snow-White- " lovable character from Disney's GOblei-creote- d in solid wood. DETAIL OF tool box .ond doorway house shown in . , full-col- & of the little photograph oboe. - . |
