Anthony A. Borgatti (1916-1996) standing in front of SPAG'S, Shrewsbury, Mass.

Anthony A. Borgatti (1916-1996) standing in front of SPAG'S, Shrewsbury, Mass.

SPAG'S, Shrewsbury (Mass.) circa 1940 ; Hardware stores -- Shrewsbury (Mass.) ; Stores, Retail -- Shrewsbury (Mass.) ; Borgatti, Anthony A., (1916-1996) ; SPAG'S Supply, Inc. ; Discount housed (Retail trade -- Shrewsbury (Mass.).

One of Shrewsbury's most famous residents in the twentieth century was Anthony A. Borgatti, Jr. (Spag). Born the oldest of four











children on February 29, 1916, in Worcester (Mass.), he opened a tire











and battery store on Route 9 in Shrewsbury (Mass.) in 1934 that by 1939











had expanded to hardware and other items, and since then, was known by











Anthony's nickname, Spag's. He married Olive Lutz on November 24, 1940











in St. Anne's Church. Together they raised three daughters, Carol, Jean











and Sandra. Olive died on December 28, 1990, and Spag died on February











23, 1996. Oil portraits of both Borgattis by Worcester artist Leon











Hovesepian now hang in the Shrewsbury Public Library.

Borgatti family, Shrewsbury (Mass.)

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ca.1940

Borgatti family, Shrewsbury (Mass.)

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