Evening star., 1960-06-09
Brother Gus
Resfdurdfeur
Many Years

FIuIIy IVuIS
Constantine J. Poulos, S.
year-old Washington restaura-
teur killed early today in ar
80-mile-an-hour head-on crash
had been in the restaurant
business here for more thar
80 years.
Known to his customers anc
employees alike as Brother
Gus" he was one of four mer
whose lives were snuffed out
in the crash. The other three
killed. all employees at Mr.. Pou.
los Wisconsin avenue restau.
rant, were identified as:
Julian Thompson, So, of 65 K
street NV; Edward F. 10.
hanek, 43, of 1899 I street NV.
and Charles V. Williams, A
of 347l Holmead place NV
Another employe. John w. Nor
ris, 16, of the Holmead address
was critically injured.
Had Closed Inn
Mr.. Poulos and the four EN-.
| ployeS were all on their way
home after closing up his es.
tablishment, Brother Gus CocE
Robin Inn at 5311 Wisconsin
avenue NV.
A native Washingtonian
Brother Gus" started in thu
restaurant business in tht
1920s. He bought the CocE
Robin Inn in September, 1858
1t was the sixth in a succession
of Washington restaurants HI
had owned since 1910.
AS boy, Mr.. Poulos attended
st. Teresa'S Parochial School il
Southeast Washington. Tht
family later lived in Florids
for two years and he ATTENDED
a Miami high school. His latt
father, James Poulos, ownec
the Washington Confectionery
a candy store, around the turr
Of the century.
Served in Army
During World War II, Mr.
Poulos served in the Army All,
Corps.
Friends said that Mr.. Poulo
was called Gus and becam,
known as Brother Gus" be
cause of his habit of greeting
his customers with a cheer,
Good morning, brother. :
This greeting, an aSsociat,
declared, varied only slight!
during the 30-plus years h,
was in the restaurant business
His initial salute was nearl!
always followed by:
How is everything? Peache!
and cream, I hope"
One of Mr.. Poulos' earliel
restaurant-taverns was at III
Pennsylvania avenue NV.
near the old Star Building a
Eleventh street and PennSyl
vania avenue. 1t was knowr
as Brother Gus Cockatot
Lounge.
Survivors Listed
Besides his widow, Mrs. Betty
Poulos of 552S Thirtieth stree
NV, the home address, he il
survived by two brothers. Alex,
ander j. Poulos of $500 Six,
teenth street, Silver Spring
and Achilles Poulos of 400
Cathedral avenue NV; twt
sisters, Mrs. Helen Greemanr
of Seymour, Ind, and Mrs
Peter T. Koines of 147l6 Carol
ton road, Manor Club Estates
and two stepsons, Robert anC
William Baxley.
Funeral services will be helC
at 1870 pm, Saturday at st
Sophia Greek Orthodox Ca
thedral. Burial will be in For
Lincoln Cemetery.
Mr.. Thompson had been EN-
ployed as a cook at the Cocl
Robin Inn since Mr.. Poulo
became its proprietor in 1858
A veteran of Army service il
World War II, he is survived
by his widow, Mrs. Eddi
Thompson Of the K street ad
dress, and a daughter, Bobbi
Annie, 10.
Johanek Was Major
Mr.. Johanek, the bartende
at the inn, lived alone in al
apartment at the I street ad
dress. He was an Army ma
jor in World War II. 1t wa
not known if he had RELATIVES
in the Washington area.
The fourth crash victim
Charles V. Williams. a dish
washer at Mr.. Poulos' restau'
rant, is survived by his widow
Mrs. jeanette Williams of thu
Holmead place address. A Worlc
War II Navy veteran, he hac
worked only two weeks for Mr.
Poulos.
The critically injured Norris
youth, a busboy at the restau.
rant, lived with his mother
Mrs. Ethel Christine Heigh, ir
another apartment at the Hol,
mead place address. He hac
a ended Bell Vocationa
School until last month, wher
he dropped out to go to work
A member of the family sale
he planned to return to schoo
next fall.