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Name from Paul Morfogen Biography dated April 1993, given to Carol Petranek by Nick Pappas.

Email from Spyridon (Don) Marinos to Carol Petranek, April 22, 2011: (NOTE: full text of email is in Spyridon's notes):
My Father Anthony and his brother Andrew Marinos owned Tappan’s Restaurant in Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn. Their partners were Teddy Contos and John Larikos. Many family members and friends were employed at the restaurant. If someone he knew needed a job, one would be found for them. Whether it was at his restaurant or another restaurant that he knew needed help. Some people thought that he was soft headed because he would hire people that didn’t quite fit the job description. For instance, he had a parking lot attendant that couldn’t drive and a night watchman/porter that was legally blind. But that didn’t matter to him. They were friends that needed a job and he gave them one. My father wasn’t soft headed; he was soft hearted and would try to help anyone in need.
At Christmas time he and his partners would sponsor a party for the Brooklyn Police Athletic League. The attendees were children and families that were in need. Some of the entertainment was music; magic acts and plays performed by local theater groups. Every child left the party with a full belly and a Christmas present.
My employment at the restaurant started the day I asked for an allowance. I was twelve years old at the time. He coyly asked what an allowance was. I responded by telling him that every week he could give me $2.00 for taking out the garbage and sweeping the stoop. His reply was that those chores were my family responsibility with no compensation. But, if I wanted a job I should come to the restaurant after church (Three Hierarchs) and he’d put me to work. After church I hopped on the bus at Kings Highway and Ocean Avenue and road to the corner of Ocean and Voorhees Avenue where the restaurant was. He ushered me into the kitchen and pointed to a mountain of water glasses stacked in racks. My job was to arrange the glasses on trays and fill them with ice and water so the waiters could bring them out to the dining room. At the end of my four-hour shift he came into the kitchen and handed me $5.00 telling me I did a good job. Well, I thought I was rich. I was asking for $2.00 allowance and here I am with $5.00. Needless to say, I was eager to work again and I did, all through High School. And as I grew more proficient I was elevated to busboy then banquet waiter. There came a time when kitchen help was needed so I learned everything from washing dishes to cooking. It got to the point where I didn’t know what job I was going to do on any given day until I got to work. On days off I dreaded the occasional call that I would get from my father telling me to come in to work a half-day because a half-day to a Greek was 12 hours. My father instilled a work ethic in me that I have to this day. As my father would say, “You get nothing for nothing in life, you have to earn it”.

Census	1925	Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
Birth	13 Mar 1925	Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
Census	1930	Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
Residence	1975	Greenwich, Farifield, Connecticut, United States
Residence	1992	Matawan, , New Jersey, United States
Burial	2001	Wrightstown, Burlington, New Jersey, United States
Death	16 Jun 2001
Marriage		Pauline Moundas
FamilySearch ID		L84S-5RT
Residence		Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States

Spouse	Pauline Moundas (1925 - 1984)
Child	Spyridon Marinos (1952 - 2014)
Child	Living
Child	Living
Child	Andrea Marinos (10 - )

Father	Spyros Marinos (1900 - )
Mother	Christina G. Morfogen (1897 - 1970)
Sibling	Mary Marinos (1918 - )
Sibling	George Spyros Marinos (1921 - 1957)
Sibling	Living
Sibling	Living

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