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11 unusual facts about John "Frenchy" Fuqua


Coleman Lindsey

He was also a member of committee of five in charge of the 1924 inaugural ceremonies for Governor Henry L. Fuqua.

Dodgeville, Wisconsin

John "Weenie" Wilson, Hall of Fame football, basketball, and baseball coach

Henry L. Fuqua

The five included future Lieutenant Governor Coleman Lindsey of Minden, the seat of Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana, who was affiliated with the Long faction.

The original Fuqua family traces it ancestry back to William Fouquet, a Huguenot, who settled in Virginia in the 17th century to escape religious persecution.

Fuqua defeated both Huey Pierce Long, Jr., and Lieutenant Governor (and former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives) Hewitt Leonidas Bouanchaud in the Democratic gubernatorial primary in 1924 to succeed the term-limited John M. Parker.

He died halfway into his term, and Lieutenant Governor Oramel H. Simpson succeeded to the top post.

J. B. Fuqua

He also was a close friend and supporter of presidents Jimmy Carter and Lyndon B. Johnson, and former Savannah Mayor and billionaire Julius Curtis Lewis, Jr..

John 'Dusty' King

A graduate of the University of Cincinnati, Everson travelled the country working a variety of jobs, such as chauffeuring motorcars from Detroit to Cincinnati, lumberjacking in New Mexico, and working as a ranch hand in Arizona.

KTVE

However, J. B. Fuqua, who owned KTVE at the time, wanted to get that station in line with WTVW in Evansville, Indiana and KTHI (now KVLY-TV) in Fargo, North Dakota, both of which were ABC affiliates he had just purchased.

Tipton, Missouri

The company was purchased by Spalding Company and the plant closed when Spalding sold it to Ebonite Billiard in 1976 which was a subsidiary of Fuqua Companies.

Zos Kia

Zos Kia (also credited as Zoskia) was a British musical group initially formed by John "Zos Kia" Gosling along with John Balance and Min.


All the Aces

It includes 14 of their more popular songs, 2 enhanced multimedia sections and 8 previously unreleased live songs by The Muggers ("Fast" Eddie Clarke and Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor of Motörhead with John "Speedy" Keen and Billy Rath).

Artie Wayne

He also won a "CLIO" award (the Grammy of advertising) for co-writing and producing the Radio Record spot of 1983 (with Joe Klein and "Frenchy" Gauthier) for Kenny Rogers "Share Your Love", which featured the phrase, "Fall in Love All Over Again".

Augie Meyers

As a studio musician, Meyers has played on countless releases by other artists including those by Bob Dylan, John P. Hammond, John & Mary, Kevin Kosub, and Doug Sahm.

Charles Angibaud

His daughter, Martha (Marthe) married another Huguenot apothecary in London, John (Jean) Misaubin, in 1709, who also had premises on St. Martin's Lane and was famously depicted by William Hogarth in a painting in the series, A Harlot's Progress.

Chief Yellow Horse

These included Louis Sockalexis (Cleveland Spiders, 1897–1899), Charles Albert (Chief) Bender (primarily the Philadelphia Athletics, 1903–1917), and John (Chief) Meyers (primarily the New York Giants, 1909–1917).

CHSH inequality

CHSH stands for John Clauser, Michael Horne, Abner Shimony and Richard Holt, who described it in a much-cited paper published in 1969 (Clauser et al., 1969).

Cleveland Rosenblums

The starting five for the Rosenblums' 1925–1926 championship team was Carl Husta (left forward), Nat Hickey (right forward), Rich Deighan (center), Dave Kerr (left guard), and John "Honey" Russell (right guard).

Count Five

John "Sean" Byrne (1947-2008, born Dublin, Ireland) played rhythm guitar and lead vocals, Kenn Ellner played tambourine and harmonica while sharing lead vocals and Craig "Butch" Atkinson (1947-1998, born San Jose, California) played drums.

Cumbernauld Castle

The first castle was owned by the Comyn Family and was granted to the Fleming family after Robert the Bruce killed John 'the Red' Comyn in 1306 in Greyfriars kirk.

Edna Murray

On April 23, 1934, outlaws John Dillinger, Homer Van Meter and John "Red" Hamilton arrived at Murray's home seeking refuge after being ambushed by federal agents and police at their hideout near Rhinelander, Wisconsin.

Even in Blackouts

The story supposedly begins in Sicily, where guitarist and "punk rock renaissance man" John 'Jughead' Pierson had been visiting his friends in the Italian band, The Manges, following the dissolution of his previous band Screeching Weasel.

Fire Flame

The song is featured along with Wayne's 2011 single "John", featuring Rick Ross, on the Tap Tap Revenge 4 game.

Fitzroy Baseball Club

The manager of the Giants, John "Mugsy" McGraw, watched part of the tournament; the Ponsford family claim that McGraw was so impressed with Ponsford's skills that he later spoke to Ponsford's parents about the possibility of Bill playing in the United States.

Fred Cherry

Fred Cherry (15 April 1926 – 30 July 2003) was an American activist for greater rights for johns (clients of prostitutes).

Fred Swearingen

Terry Bradshaw scrambled under Raider pressure, looking for receiver Barry Pearson before spotting John "Frenchy" Fuqua.

GameGrumps

The video also featured other famous internet personalities Jesse Cox, Dodger, Mike "HuskyStarcraft" Lamond and John "CynicalBrit" Bain.

Institute for Research in Art and Technology

The Directors in August 1970 included David Curtis, Hugh Davies, John 'Hoppy' Hopkins, John Lifton, Pamela Zoline (USA) with Biddy Peppin as Secretary.

John Robson

John "Jack" Robson (1860 – 1922), English full-time secretary manager of football clubs, including Middlesbrough and Manchester United

Kurt Chew-Een Lee

In his 27 months at this position he trained future Generals Charles "Chuck" Krulak and John "Jack" Sheehan.

Little Bohemia Lodge

On April 20, 1934, John Dillinger's gang, consisting of Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, Homer Van Meter, Tommy Carroll, and John "Red" Hamilton, settled at Little Bohemia Lodge, then owned by Emil Wanatka.

Louis Tom Dragna

In 1959 Dragna was arrested with mobsters Joe Sica, John "Frankie" Carbo, Frank "Blinky" Palermo, and Truman Gibson for extorting Jackie Leonard the manager of boxing champion Don Jordan in 1958.

Materialism

There followed the materialist and atheist Jean Meslier, Julien Offroy de La Mettrie, Paul-Henri Thiry Baron d'Holbach, Denis Diderot, and other French Enlightenment thinkers; as well as in England, John "Walking" Stewart, whose insistence that all matter is endowed with a moral dimension had a major impact on the philosophical poetry of William Wordsworth.

Nancy Morgan

She is a niece of John "Red" Morgan, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery during World War II in 1943, events which were later fictionalized in the movie Twelve O'Clock High.

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

John "Jack" Chevigny, Norte Dame football player (said, "that's one for the Gipper" in 1928 game) who was killed on Iwo Jima.

Ovila Cayer

Born in Saint-Rémi, Canada East (present-day Quebec), Cayer immigrated to the United States, where he was known by the nickname "Frenchy".

Reginald C. Fuller

Initially Fuller's parents, the physician and medical author Arthur William Fuller and Florence Margaret Fuller (née Montgomery), of St John's Wood, London, sent their son to Ealing Priory School (the subsequently renamed St Benedict's School) where he happened to share classes and hone his Latin skills in contest with the 20 months younger, the later New Testament scholar and his colleague on a number of major scholarly projects, John Bernard Orchard.

Roger Touhy

He is best remembered for having been framed for the 1933 faked kidnapping of gangster John "Jake the Barber" Factor, a brother of cosmetics manufacturer Max Factor, Sr. Despite numerous appeals and at least one court ruling freeing him, Touhy spent 26 years in prison.

Sanquhar

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott (1822) attest that Robert the Bruce hid in the forests about this hill after he had killed one of his rivals, John "the Red" Comyn.

Scaddan, Western Australia

The town is named after John "Happy Jack" Scaddan, the premier of Western Australia from 1911 to 1916 and a prominent advocate of the Esperance railway.

Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet

Had Thomas Jones (Twm Siôn Cati) really been the illegitimate son of John "Wynn" ap Maredudd (as claimed by Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet in his family history), his children would have been next in line, illegitimate sons having the same rights of inheritance as legitimate ones under ancient Welsh law.

Small Time Crooks

Ray's wife Frenchy (Tracey Ullman) covers what they are doing by selling cookies from the restaurant.

Steven Bonspille

He and three other chiefs at the time, Crawford Gabriel, Pearl Bonspille and John (sha ko hen the tha) Harding opposed then-Grand Chief James Gabriel (1993-2004).

That Was Only Yesterday – The Last EP

Including drummer Neil Conteh (Jagger/Bowie), bassist Alan Spenner (Joe Cocker, Roxy Music), guitarist Tim Renwick (Elton John, Eric Clapton, Pink Floyd), keyboardist John "Rabbit" Bundrick (Free, Roger Waters, The Who), along with the Chanter Sisters doing backing vocals a group of musicians were assembled.

The Mystics

When Paul Simon left the group to pursue other projects, The Mystics chose John "Jay" Traynor, who later went on to form Jay and the Americans.

Tony Braunagel

The band also included Terry Wilson-Slesser on vocals and later John "Rabbit" Bundrick, who replaced Montgomery on keyboards following the release of the band’s first album The Band Plays On.

Val Haller

They continued informally as the 'Mystere Five', collaborating with non-musician Marc "Frenchy" Gloder, and a single "No Message"/"Shake Some Action" launched Gloder's label Flicknife Records.