Kettle Falls High School - Review Yearbook (Kettle Falls, WA)

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K Front row: Mr. Bill Pifer, Rodger Matlock, Ron Matney, Kevin Robertson, Robin Baley, Rocky Ferguson, Rick Clark, and Mr. Arvid Kreps. Second row: Bob Frostad, Dave Sphuler, Mike Potestio, Dan Brauner, Jon Entwistle, Keith Rosen, Gary Green, Rick Howell, Laurin Tanner. Third row: Mr. Ron Bennett, Alvin Denison, Mark Young, Don Curry, Ed White, Barry Beardslee, Travis Crouch, Raul Harnasch, Jim White, Bulldogfs Bark Staff Eirst-,rowL-Mrs. Clarice Crane, Jolynne Wood, Val Matlock, Y Sheri Hayngmm Wells, Kelly Baley, and Bobbi Clemons. e : , Shawn Davis, Dave Sphuler, 'jzammy Ashbaggh, Carolyn Kenner and Terri Anderson. Third row: Jim Humes, Liz Swan, Frank Eslick, Maureen , Dobson, Debbie Carroll, Jeanne Avey, Lorie Fredrickson, 'iidwike Potestio. Members of the Lettermen C9 Club are the A thletes of the School -QB' Y , -1 .L may 1 as f11ilwam-nan fn

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The Uncle Sam Chronicles N! lik A J.. tr ll ll x, X! 9 M1738 1- G? lil ll' 0 1- 7. 121 'ef ,t 1 :-21,-E' , X. . slssxy Y Q Q w,,ilI:f'W' American history did not begin in 1776 of course, any more than Columbus discovered the place in 1492. Civilizations flourished 1976. as all of us know by now. marks the 200th anniversary of American independence. The philosopher-historian George Santayana warned that those of us who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Another famous man said that while one may not always find truth in history, at least history is truth, by definition. Fortunately, it is not our task to argue the truth or falsehood of pronouncements like these, but merely to explore some of the back alleys of our past in search of...what'? Truth, beauty, meaning, the mysteries of life. Qi:-17 at fax . . AAAA . ee. . 1-X'w-at-x':' txwaliio .1 t E Y 1 is on both continents of the Western Hemisphere centuries before the Nina. the Pinta, and the Santa Maria sailed into the Caribbean. Leif Ericson showed up around 1000 and called the country Vinland. The first baby of European parentage was born in 1007, and they called the kid Snorro. Snorro and his Viking parents did not stay long. America was first used as a name in 1507, after the explorer Amerigo Vespucci. Billiards were introduced to St. Au rustme Florida 5, . . in 1565. and pocket pool made it to River City, Iowa, in 1900. The first beer was brewed in Roanoke, Virginia. in 1587, followed by popcorn in 1630, the same year that the first salt works were built. The first recorded duel took 1'tce in 1621 and ot'1toes were p . , p I. ' introduced to American soil the following year.- Harvard College was established in 1636, and the first Swedes arrived in Delaware in 1638. Slavery was introduced at Jamestown, Virginia in 1619: and the first corporation, the New York Fishing Company, was in 1675. The first known newspaper advertisement appeared in the Boston lt -01: News Letter in 1704, and golf was flourishing by 1729. - July 4, 1776. Declaration of Independence signed, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There is no indication that Japanese fireworks were set off to commemorate the event. There was no school that day, since it was summer. 1776. First cocktail mixed. A customer asks Betsy Flanagan, a barmaid in Elmsford, New York, for a glass of cocktails, referring to a jar of tailfeathers kept behind the bar for decoration. Betsy obliges by garnishing his drink with a feather, which also becomes the first swizzle stick. 1776. First submarine. American Turtle is built by David Bushnell of Saybrook, Connecticut, and propelled by a hand-turned screw. The Turtle is used successfully to affix a bomb to Admiral Howe's flagship, Eagle. February 6, 1777. France becomes first nation to recognize United States. June, 1778. Secret Service organized. 1780. First slave emancipated. Elizabeth Freeman freed by trial at Barrington, Massachusetts. March 1, 1780. Pennsylvania passes a law calling for the gradual abolition of slavery. October 19, 1781. Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown. September 3, 1783. American independence formally recognized by England at the Peace of Versailles. October 6, 1783. Benjamin Hanks of Litchfield, Massachusetts takes out a patent on the first perpetual motion machine in the United States. July 17, 1784. Thirteen year-old Edward Warren makes the first balloon flight in America. Edward, who returns to earth safely, is luckier than the balloon's designer, Peter Carnes, who crashes one month later. September, 1784. James Rumsey invents the motor boat. f -1 ,