See full text of memoir - Brookens Library

Albert Morris 33
playing football and all that stuff. So that's how I got to run. Albert
ktognolli, I'll never forget that. Nobody could beat him in votes in
Benld. mw, this is the honest to goodness fact, I don't think I got too
many votes in my hcmtotjn. You know how it is in your haretom, they're
all jealous. It's true jealousy that they won't give you the votes. But
in Benld, I think I ws the only one that ever beat him in the votes.
Beat Albert Bertoplli, *en it cme to that high school board. All the
people knew me pretty god you know, and everything, so I beat him out as
the vote getter there in Benld . I' 11 never forget that.
Q: Do you think yuu viere able to get all those votes because of your
achiev-t in sports
A: In sports, yes. Pbstly in sports, and in the big Cachnlic Church
there too. They saw KIE there all the tine, you how, and ever-.
Just like I told you, the mthers , they wed to always, there in Sawyerville ,
they used to lanow me pretty -11. They alwxys figured that I'd be a good
caWh hr their daughters, pu how.
Q: Wre you active in the church
A: Ch, yes. Yes. I was trustee of the church aver there at Ehld
during that time I was telling you about, when they ba&ed Father Goff .
. .
Q: Yes.
A: . . . *en the c d s t s came through there and bombed hlm.
Q: While you're on that, I had a question I wnted to ask you. I wanted
to how what you meant den you said that kttuello had pointed at the
church and said, "You have the meting there"
A: Yes, Just take it wer . In other mrds, that's ht he said, just
take aver the church, Oh, yes. That ms their idea.
Q: Was he against the church then
Q: Being c d s t
you mean
A: Well, no, being Italian. You hm, the backgraund of Italians,
they're Catholics ad then he ws just the opposite. Of course, he
didn' t go. I don' t think he wnt to anything.
Q: Do you think being a camunist twned him against the church a little
bit
A: Oh, yes. Yes.
Q: Tell rrre mre about Batteullo . W t
else do you know about him