The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-22
JACK zAv0DSkY, JUNEAU PIONEER,
 DIES IN CHICAGO

Jack zavodsky, pioneer resident of Juneau, passed away February 1T at Saint Anthonys hospital in Chicago. Word of his death was re- celvcd in Juneau by the Empi< by his niece. Ann Zayodsky, of 925 Wenonah, Oak Park, III.
 Deceased was about 86 years old at the time of his death. He had lived in Juneau since he first ar rived here on the Steamer Aiki in 1896, until about 10 years ago when he went south to make his home with relatives in Seattle and later in Chicago. For a number of years before leaving Juneau he was en- gagged by Juneau merchants as bus mess house night patrolman,
 The pioneer Alaskan was born in Zavodsgy stopped by at the Empire States when he was about l4 years of age with his brother Frank to join their father on farm in Kansas. They reached New York at the time the Brooklyn Bridge was being constructed.
 { Shortly before he left Alaska, MT. zadvosky stopped by at the Empire office to visit with his friend the managing editor, also an oldtimer. In an exchange of "reminiscences he related some of the highlights of his earlier yee <.
 His broth :. Frank hay. .g gone to Chicago, Jack ran Fay from home and went to Wild I-orse, Colo, where he worked as a railroad sec tion hand. He returned to Kansas and from there made his way west to the Pacific Coast finally settling in Tacoma. There he held a variety of jobs and learned restaurant cook ing at the old Leland hotel Zav- odsky became a fry cook and worked at the Chilberg, old-time famous Tacoma restaurant, and at the Padgett lunchroom in the North ern Pacific Railroad station. Pad gett later opened a saloon and per- suaded zavodsky to work for him as a bartender because Zavodsky did not then nor at any time. drink, a desirable attribute.
 Stories of the north country, Alaska, were heard by Zavodsky from the many patrons of Padgett's business and decided him to see what it was all about for himself. In 1896 he boarded the old Steamer Alki for Juneau Arriving here he went to work at the Circle City hotel, owned by George Miller and Lockie MacKinnon. His first job was in the dining room and kitchen of the hotel.
 On one day a man went into the bar of the hotel and asked for a cocktail. Miller told him to take his drink straight but the patron in- sisted he would have a cocktail. Jack heard him, stepped behind the bar and asked what kind of cock tail was preferred. Make it any kind" said the patron "Very well, I'll make you a mild one" replied Jack, as he mixed whiskey cock tail. Others in the place demanded bn ,Jt-i. .lx had introduced the cocktail to Alaska. Miller made him the head bartender until Jack Olds, owner of the Occidental hotel hired him at the then big wage of $60 per month plus room and board. One drink he told of concocting he called the Coffee Cocktail and in it he mixed port wine with the yoke of an egg well shaken, and a dash of bitters. Zavodsky never knew the taste of any of the drinks he mixed. He just never could see any reason for drinking.
 The old-time Juneauite made friendS With everyone, fellow old timers, their children and their grandchildren. He was a member of the Silver Bow lodge, IO.O.F., the Moose lodge and Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo No. 6, of Juneau. He was also member of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Order United Workmen of Washington.
 Surviving MT. Zavodsky are his brother Frank, a retired Bohem- ian-Lutheran minister of Chicago, two nieces, Ann and Ruth, and a nephew, Alfred.
 Private services were held for him at the Chapel and burial was in the Zavodsky pit in Woodlawn cemetery, Chicago.