Word: hunefeld
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Long before New Year's daylight John W. Hunefeld arose in his Washington home on C street, put on his salt-and-pepper suit, breakfasted quickly, and set forth through dark streets for the White House. He would do no odd jobs of painting and-carpentering that day. He was going to meet the President...
...Citizen Hunefeld had reason for his early morning haste. Twice before had he proudly led the public line into the White House for the New Year's Day Reception (a custom originated by President John Adams in 1801) and now he almost ran to be again the first at the White House gate on Pennsylvania Avenue...
...there on time. After sunrise a woman in a brown fur coat, a Mrs. George A. Barrett, lined up behind him. With satisfaction Citizen Hunefeld surveyed the lengthening queue stretching out along the fence, down the street, around the corner. Fine weather, good spirits and natural curiosity about a new President had brought out thousands of plain people who do not get written invitations to White House functions...
Before noon officials began to arrive in their motors to greet President & Mrs. Hoover. Citizen Hunefeld recognized many of them-Vice President Curtis, Speaker Longworth, the British Ambassador in his red jacket. Finally the great White House gates swung open and Citizen Hunefeld marched grandly at the head of his procession up the curving sidewalk to the big glass doors of the White House. When these opened Citizen Hunefeld did a gallant thing: removing his cap, he stepped aside to allow Mrs. Barrett to lead the line past the President...
...Alcock, Brown, Lindbergh, Chamberlin, Levine, Byrd, Balchen, Noville, Acosta, Fitzmaurice, Koehl, von Hunefeld...