The Boston Globe, January 2nd, 2004
Sunday dinners for Joseph O. Basile often took place in his company conference room, because his wife and five children were already there working. Mr. Basile, who sold olive oil door to door for his father's business before founding Catania-Spagna Corp. in Ayer, died of heart failure Dec. 20. He was 86. He began working for his father when he was 15. When he took over the business in 1941, he realized he would need to widen his base of customers, and began selling olive oil wholesale to stores and restaurants. He performed every aspect of the business, from pouring the oil into cans to drivin...
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