Anthony A. Borgatti (1916-1996) standing in front of SPAG'S, 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 tireand 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 byAnthony's nickname, Spag's. He married Olive Lutz on November 24, 1940 in St. Anne's Church. Together they raised three daughters, Carol, Jeanand Sandra. Olive died on December 28, 1990, and Spag died on February 23, 1996. Oil portraits of both Borgattis by Worcester artist LeonHovesepian now hang in the Shrewsbury Public Library.

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

• – Shrewsbury Collection

• – ca.1940

• – C/WMARS http://www.cwmars.org/

• – Borgatti family, Shrewsbury (Mass.)

• – Borgatti family, Shrewsbury (Mass.)

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