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Show OHI Sidney Matz 11-19-85 sl:20 They could have thrown us out eventually becuase we were Jews.Because the Klan naturally don't like Jews, Negros, Or gypsies, I guess. But. You know, that was it. I mean, my Dad, they did scare him a bit, you know. He was with the Greeks and the Italians. That was funny. Like My Dad. We lived there on Main Street. We lived in back of the store. Had a two little room place, you know. And Kitchen and little bathroom. We lived back there. And he run the store and that was our home i n back of the store. Well, my mother and Dad wouldhave t o go into town on a buying trip. Then they'd take customers in the Hotel Utah - as one of the salesmen would set up their goods. And they 'd go in, and they'd take people in and they'd pick out dresses they wanted and stuff like that. And that's the way they run their business. And us kids would be left in Magna. You know. The store doors would be open, we'd go in and out. The store would be closed. But that was rur home. Inthe ~ck. So, dinner time, we'd go out and we'd run down to Andy Gala ___ resta urant. He was a Greek. The fellow who owned the restaurant. Andwe'd sit down at the ounter and he would bring us - ________ , it was hot beef sandwiches. Bunch of gravy you know and stuff like - My mother would never think of cooking anything like that, you know. Andit was kindof a treat for us, once in a while, we'd go to Andy's and he'd fix it. And then there was little Shorty the Shoemaker, the little Italian , two doors up. My Dad and mother~uld ask him to look after us. So, he'd say, come one, I'm fixing dinner--I've got some spaghetti. And he'd sit us down in back of the shoe shop-he livedin back of the shoe |
