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White Sheep. In Dawson Springs, Ky., Police Chief Bill Boucher nabbed his brother Dude on a charge of reckless driving, jugged his father Jonas for drunkenness, hauled in his brother Claude for disturbing the peace and assaulting Police Chief Boucher...
Fosburgh is a late starter: he is having his first one-man show at 41. After musing through galleries and lecturing for four years at Manhattan's Frick Museum on everything from Chinese ceramics to Boucher, he finally decided to turn painter. Wartime service as an Army glider pilot held him up for five years. Then he spent another year experimenting with blobs and squiggles: "I didn't know what I was doing, and finally I decided I wasn't going to find out, so I chucked the whole lot into the fireplace...
...collection which included prime examples of Hals, Gainsborough, Degas and Manet. His crystalline views of Venice by Francesco Guardi were matched against a soft, misty one by Corot. He contrasted Stefan Lochner's strict, gothic Presentation in the Temple with a tasty chunk of cheesecake by Francois Boucher, entitled Cupid and the Graces. Clearly, Collector Gulbenkian's appetite was wide and deep as his wallet...
...Colours Committee, meeting earlier in the afternoon, voted Hollis French '50 "the most valuable player," and William E. Boucher '50 headed the list of men commended for "loyal support and attendance...
Full colours were awarded to seventeen men who played on the first fifteen and "who by their play have shown knowledge of the rules and the best ability to play the game in all its aspects." These players were: McIntire, Butler, Boucher, Eaton, French, White, Sam Adams, Roger Bennett, Tom Calhoun, John Cotter, George Lee, Lewis Travis, John Densmore, Brad Lundborg, Joe Domenie, Jim Calahan, and Tom Nuzum...