All members should have received the latest issue of the Doctor’s Creek Journal (end of year winter issue). We say goodbye to our outgoing editor, Ray McAllister, and welcome to Peter Vankevich effective 2022. Be sure to check out the feature story about the Oscar Rue family and their special connection to Portsmouth, as well as current member news. Homecoming and raffle information will be mailed to all members in the early part of 2022. Happy New Year!
Although our membership meeting, which had been scheduled for last Saturday, was once again canceled due to Covid, our board did meet. We finally managed to have the raffle drawing that was supposed to have taken place at our 2020 Homecoming! The winners are:David Mickey was the winner of “Flight Over Fish Hunt” (The Hog Island Club) by Jack Saylor, donated by Kathi and Glenn Dunn of Marshallberg, NC. Framed 14” X 24” print.Rebecca Gupton was the winner of the double bed size antique quilt from the Whitley Plantation, Martin County, NC, donated by Jeanne Robertson of Oriental, NC.Sam Corlis was the winner of the quilted duck wall hanging made by the Ocracoke Needle and Thread club.Congratulations to all of the winners! The winning tickets were drawn by Cape Lookout National Seashore superintendent Jeff West, and the items will be sent to the winners.
We regret to announce that the September 18 meeting at the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum has been cancelled. We made this decision because of the high Covid numbers currently being reported in Carteret County. All FPI members will receive a cancellation notice in the mail. If you know of anyone who was planning to attend, please help us pass the word along so they may change their travel plans in plenty of time. This meeting will not be rescheduled and our next event will be Homecoming on April 23, 2022. We hope to see everyone then!
Reminder that our fall membership meeting on September 18 will be at the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum on Harkers Island. Our special program will be “Portsmouth Hunting Camps – Generations of Memories”, a panel discussion with Portsmouth waterfowling families. Jeff West, Superintendent of Cape Lookout National Seashore, will also speak and we will draw the names of the lucky winners of the Homecoming 2020 raffle. Join us at 10:00 am and plan to tour the museum after the meeting. We look forward to seeing everyone again!
FOR OUR MEMBERS: Your spring/summer issue of the DCJ is in the mail! We haven’t been able to meet or to hold Homecoming anytime during the past year and longer due to Dorian and Covid, so this issue focuses on what’s been happening in the village during that time period. There are updates and photos of the church, the George Dixon house project, the Babb house, Henry’s, lots of news, and some Down East folks who have been a big help to us. If you’re not a member and would like to join and receive our Doctor’s Creek Journals, we’d love to have you join us!
FPI has taken on an urgent project of helping the Park pay for a new roof for the George Dixon house. Once scheduled for demolition after Hurricane Dorian, the Park maintenance crew got it stabilized, braced and upright, and now it desperately needs a roof. FPI has committed to $15,000 for the roof but we need much, much more to get the roof on before hurricane season is upon us again. All donors will receive a confirmation letter for tax purposes and will be recognized in our Doctor’s Creek Journal newsletter. If you can help, you may send a check to Friends of Portsmouth Island, P.O. Box 2303, Morehead City, NC 28557. Please note “George Dixon House roof” on your check. No amount is too small. Thank you!
We are pleased to announce our fall membership meeting will be held at Core Sound Waterfowl Museum at Harkers Island on Saturday, September 18. The meeting will begin at 10:00 am. The meeting is open to the public and you do not have to be a member to attend. We can’t wait to see the museum since its reopening and hope you will join us to do the same. Stay tuned to this page for further meeting details as we get them. We will be glad to see you!
After much thought and input, we have decided to cancel our spring meeting at Ocracoke, which was to be held on May 15. However, we are confident that we can hold our fall meeting on September 18. We feel that most people will either be vaccinated and/or comfortable traveling by then. Please stay tuned to this website and our Facebook page for details on the Fall Meeting, which will be held in the Down East area on Saturday, September 18. It’s time to get back together folks!
We are pleased to announce that Homecoming at Portsmouth will be April 23, 2022. Mark this on your calendar so you will have a year to plan your trip. Stay tuned to our website and our Facebook page for updates as we get them.
We are still unsure as to whether we will hold the May 15, 2021 membership meeting at Ocracoke, but will notify all members and post here and on our Facebook page when a decision has been made.
