South Berwick Girl Donates Clay Pipe to Museum |
HEAR YE! HEAR YE!
South Berwick,Maine– Sarah Arenberg, 10, was swimming off the Rollinsford boat ramp in the
“I thought at first that it was a shark’s tooth,” said the
Sarah and her mother, Debbie Arenberg, researched the pipe on the Internet. The name of the maker, W. White, was stamped on the pipe bowl.The Arenbergs learned that the Whites’ factory building in
Sarah recently donated the pipe to the Counting House Museum, owned by the Old Berwick Historical Society.
“We are delighted to have such an interesting object,” said Pat Laska, the society’s president.“Clay pipes were in common use in
The pipe, in good condition except that the stem appears shortened, is now on display on the second floor of