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Former White House butler reveals 21 years of service
Alonzo Fields recalls his 21 years at the White House starting under Mrs. Hoover and rising to chief butler in 1933 and maitre d hotel in 1945. He discusses dinners, menus, and encounters with Churchill, Truman, and Eisenhower, speaking at Seminole Valley Park.
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Alonzo Fields
Carnegie Hall
White House
Herbert Hoover
Fields
Executive Mansion
Seminole Valley Park
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Medford
Mass
New England Conservatory of Music
Boston
Samuel W. Stratton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stratton
Dr. Stratton
Ford
Carter
Reagan
Butler
Sir Winston Churchill
Churchill
White
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
Pompano Beach
Fla
Roosevelt
Hoover
Hoovers
Trumans