From: ??????????? (Mark Tinsky)
Subject: #200

I found the archive on Steve B page Thanxs . One day I d like to write some
sort of history on Am pipemakers before their stories are lost. Here s an
inquiry I wrote to Rex which I doubt  he ll be able to answer would you be
able to include this in some form for PD feel free to edit MT

Dear Rex
Just read thru the list . I didn t realize there were so many and I  didn t
realize there were so many I knew. But I  am saddened to read of the death
of Frank Augsbergerer of Champaign, IILL. Frank moved to West Caldwell NJ
at the tender age of 17 to learn how  to be a pipemaker under Jack
Weinberger, JHW pipe,who Curt and I had  were working for. Talk about wet
behind the ears. Frank was so funny it was unbelievable. But he sincerly
wanted to be a pipe maker in the worst way. I forget everything that
happened but he eventually moved back home as Jack broke him in slower than
he thought his potential deserved. But he did start making pipes on his
own. I m sorry to say over the years I lost track of him and  I would like
to hear some sort of epilouge. If anyone has any knowledger of  what
happenned to Frank , I d like to know. Mark Tinsky

I m going to send  a copy to Steve M  maybe he ll print it. Also I heard
George Allen of E. Stroudsburg died. I was friendly with him and then one
day I stopped in at his shop to see him and it was no more. Just recently I
heard he had  died.


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