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 [[Image:JHW_10.jpg|thumb|left|]]The first JHW Pipes were enthusiastically welcomed in the tobacco shops of New Jersey. The attorney in retirement became a fulltime pipemaker working 10 to 12 hours a day. Weinberger soon looked for some assistance and hired a lad from the local Highschool in 1971, who wanted to earn a few Dollars. Actually one might forget his name Gary Friedman immediately, because he was lazy and Weinberger fired him after a short while. All the same, Friedman did one thing of merit during his time at JHW’s: he passed on a number of rejected pipes Weinberger gave him as a present to some of his schoolmates who consequently became pipe smokers.
-One of them was [[Curt Rollar]]. When he experienced that Friedman was dismissed, he ran down all the way to Weinberger’s house to apply for the job. He got it! At the beginning his tasks were not too exciting: he cut of the bark from the briar with a knife, did the rough sanding and the polishing. Rollar was industrious and worked with great devotion under Weinberger’s watchful eyes. Rollar was gradually given more liberties and finally he was allowed to make complete pipes. After a very short time Rollar’s pipes achieved an amazingly high level and immediately after graduation from Highschool he was contracted as a fulltime pipemaker.
+'''Note:''' One of the High School Students who worked for Jack in the early years was Bruce Magnotti. Bruce wrote the following rememberance of his time working for Jack: ''"I worked for Jack H. Weinberger when I was in High School in West Caldwell in 1968 and 1969. I worked with Lanny Friedman (not Gary) and perhaps he was fired in 1971, though he worked there for quite some time. Lanny and I used to take the briar pieces that Jack had sketched a pattern on. We grinder and sanded and rough shaped the pipe. Then we would drill the two holes, one for the chamber and one for the stem. Jack would do all the finish work and sand and polish the briar until the creation was finished. Then Lanny and I would stain and polish the pipe, fit the stem (unless it was a fancy stem), and finish polishing."''
+Another one of those students was [[Curt Rollar]]. When he experienced that Friedman was dismissed, he ran down all the way to Weinberger’s house to apply for the job. He got it! At the beginning his tasks were not too exciting: he cut of the bark from the briar with a knife, did the rough sanding and the polishing. Rollar was industrious and worked with great devotion under Weinberger’s watchful eyes. Rollar was gradually given more liberties and finally he was allowed to make complete pipes. After a very short time Rollar’s pipes achieved an amazingly high level and immediately after graduation from Highschool he was contracted as a fulltime pipemaker.
 Actually Rollar became the driving force at JHW Pipes. Soon he was capable to produce the whole range of shapes from classical pipes to extravagant freehands. „The hallmark of his work is precision,“ [[Mark Tinsky]] later appreciated. Rollar’s work made it possible for Weinberger to take more care of the business aspects besides his own pipemaking. He did that most successfully! After the first local successes in New Jersey the brand JHW Pipes conquered the adjacent State of New York starting from Mark Killig’s tobacco shop in Whiteplains. The 1973 RTDA show in New York City turned out to be the nation-wide breakthrough.