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...Monsieur le Maire," protested the great hero modestly, "this is really too much honor . . ." But the mayor and all the citizens of Bernay who gathered in the town hall on that broiling day of August 1948 laughed aside the protest with proud, tolerant smiles. Too much honor? For Roger Touchard, the champion marksman of two continents, the local boy who had made good? Too much? "Ah, tell me, Touchard," said one of the local dignitaries, "what would you say to a red ribbon in your coat, the Cross of the Legion of Honor? What would you say to that...
Marksman Who Missed. Moved and touched, the elder Touchard gave his son money for the journey, and eight days later was rewarded with the news, borne by returning Roger himself, that he had won the contest. "I have smashed the world's record," said Roger. "Bébert!" cried his father, and hurried out to tell the neighbors...
...York's lower Broadway. "Never," he said, "shall I forget that delirious welcome," and the applause that greeted the words in Bernay was deafening. After that, it was a cinch. On Sept. 15, 1954, officials announced that "for 25 years' activity in the field of sport," Roger Touchard had been named Chevalier of the Legion of Honor...
...from Hugo and learns all about the Edict of Nantes. At 14, he must begin to dip (in English) into the works of Swift and Poe. By the time he gets to his "baccalaureat" exam, he must know his Tacitus and answer such questions as "What did P. A. Touchard mean when he said of Montaigne: 'Before everything and despite everything, Montaigne is alive...
Died. Raymond D. Little, 52, publisher, sportsman, onetime (1906) Davis Cup tennist, with Gustave F. Touchard national doubles champion in 1911; by his own hand (shotgun) in Manhattan...