By Barbara Scott
Staff Writer
The Caribou Chapter of the National Honor Society was founded in 1927 under the sponsorship of Caribou High School Principal, Mr. Partridge with the awarding of the Charter on April 13.
The NHS chapter is the oldest continually operating organization at Caribou High School. Miss Hazel Pratt served as our chapter’s first adviser from 1927 to 1933. The first class to be inducted consisted of Albert Todd, Philip Kierstead, Sterling Nelson, Gustave Johnson, Chester Ringdahl, Sheldon Boone and Vaughn Pearson.
Seven members of the Faculty of Caribou High School have shouldered the responsibility as chapter advisers over the past 85 years: Miss Hazel Pratt, Miss Blanch Farrington, Miss Elizabeth Hitchings, Mr. Frank Angotti, Mrs. Iris Burliegh, Mrs. Carol McElwee and the current adviser Mr. Kenneth W. Atcheson II. Mme. Wanda Theriault serves as honorary adviser.
The members of this society have served their community as teachers, principals, ministers, priests, rabbis, farmers, plumbers, electricians, college professors, members of the armed forces, including a four star admiral of the navy, doctors, nurses, law enforcement officers, lawyers, business owners, city council members, a President of the University of Maine, Maine State Legislature Representative and Senators, School Superintendents including Mr. McElwain, a past president of our chapter. Maine State District, Superior and Supreme Court Justices, one of the CHS past chapter presidents has served as the Junior United States Senator from Maine and most importantly hundreds of hardworking citizens of Caribou, Woodland, New Sweden, Stockholm, Westmanland, and Connor.
