Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-18
NORTH CAROLINA PASTOR

DESCRIBES HIS PARISH WORK
The monthly meeting Of the missions
department of the Woman'S Federation
of Park Congregational church was held
in the Sunday school room at 8 o'clock
Friday afternoon. In the absence of Mrs.
Allen Latham, chairman, Mrs. Henry T.
Arnold presided. The devotional exer-
cises were led by Mrs. Frederic W. Cary.
Mrs Arthur E. Story led the singing
and also sang a solo, America the Beau
tiful, during the offering. Miss Helen
Burdick was at the piano.
After the usual reports, Mrs Arnold
introduced the speaker of the afternoon,
Rev. Parker W. Fisher. of Spar, N c.
Mr. Fishers subject was The Larger
Parish Work. He has charge. with three
other men, of the parish work in Spar
and three Of the surrounding towns. He
said that It was particularly interesting
for him to come to Norwich, as he had
worked with Miss Ruth Huntington,
when she was in Human. Tenn AS a
background for his present fiepd of work,
he spoke of the early history and settle
mept of North Carolina, the first colony
being settled in 1887. The Croatans are
still in existence about so or so miles
from Spar, and claim that they are de-
scended from these colonists who were
taken by the Indians and never account
ed for and no traces ever found of them.
These Croatans now carry the names of
the early settlers and speak the English
/ of that period. Other colonists came to
North Carolina; those from the gentry
of England settled on the coast, the mid
die class a little further in, and the
| lower classes after serving their appren-
tfceships were given SO acres of land
and went back into the forests and hills
The descendants of these three classes
| are the people he is working among The
first class suffered the most in the Civil
war and is now much mixed with the
second class.
Mr. Fisher then showed slides Of his
parish and parishioners and the beauti-
| full colonial home Of Ambassador Page
| our late ambassador to England Then
in contrast he showed the home of the
poor family, a house having but one win
dow with glass in it. Since starting on
| this trip Mr.. Fisher has had money given
| him to buy cutlery and china to send
| back to the mother of this family so that
each member could have his own spoon
| fork and kslife. Many of these poorer
! pGople cannot read Or write, but are
| bright pupils. Country Life Academy
! partly supported by the mission does
much for these Young people They learn
| hygiene, domestic ISance, ayr cu!ture
manual training and many other practi-
! cal hings They have a Boy Scout or
/ ganization They love to sing and at
! tend music school taught by one of his
! young men parishioners, using a book
with old fashioned shaped notes to sig
! Nifty the different parts Money has been
! given Mr. Fisher so that Jason Moore
! the young music teacher and Sunday
! school superintendent. can meet Mr.
| Fisher in Norfolk and 90 away from his
| home for the frs time and hear a real
! organ and real music. The Congrega-
| tion2l, Baptist and Methodist churches
unite each Sunday in their service, hold
| ing the services in various churches in
+ the town. One Of the ministers breaches
while the other two go out to the sur
rounding towns
! A. the cfose Of mis- very interest ne
j talk Mr. Fisher sang two of their favor
! lite songs: which were veIv 1uaint AIler
Latham operated the Stereopticon.