Reminder to all who are coming Saturday to gather at the Park floating dock down by the ferry at your scheduled time. Due to construction at the Community Square, no boats can run from there. Dress warmly for the trip! See you there!
Pre-Homecoming Event -April 20
If you are on the island Friday night before Homecoming, be sure to come by the Ocracoke Preservation Society Museum from 5-7 pm. OPS will be hosting a book signing and reception for Ray McAllister, who happens to be our Doctor’s Creek Journal editor. Ray has combined and published two of Ellen Cloud’s books into one with two new pieces written by Ellen, more pages and photographs. The book is titled “Ocracoke Lighthouse and the Old Salts,” and the price for this new hardcover book is $21.95. Come out and meet Ray on Friday night! Ellen passed away in December 2016, but her daughters Simona and Deidra will be there to greet you. See you there!
FERRY RESERVATIONS TO PORTSMOUTH
The Austins are now accepting passenger reservations to Portsmouth for Homecoming day. Please call 252-928-4361. The cost is $20 per person round-trip. See you there!
Important Update!
We have learned that Ocracoke is having their first-ever decoy festival the same day as Homecoming – April 21. If you plan to attend both events, you may want to make room reservations for Saturday night as well – ASAP as rooms on Ocracoke will fill up fast. Boats from Portsmouth back to Ocracoke will leave starting at 2:00 pm, giving you plenty of time to check out the decoy festival which ends at 6:00 pm. It will be a busy weekend at Ocracoke and we look forward to seeing you at Homecoming! Reminder that most of the houses at Portsmouth will be open for viewing, and the first 500 people will receive our commemorative Homecoming pin. See you there!
Portsmouth Homecoming – April 21, 2018
Happy New Year!
We hope you’ve had a great Christmas and that 2018 will be happy and healthy for all. Please check back soon as we will be updating you on our projects and Homecoming on April 21!
Happy Thanksgiving!
We at FPI would like to wish our members and readers a blessed and happy Thanksgiving. See you at Homecoming on April 21!
Fall Meeting Report
We had a great fall meeting on September 16 at the Sanitary Restaurant. Rodney Kemp kept us laughing with his stories, and Jeff West encouraged us with his ideas of ways to get more done in Portsmouth Village. We’ve got a lot to do folks, and now is the time. Be watching for your issue of the Doctors Creek Journal in December and for more information on our projects. And if you haven’t already, please put April 21 on your calendar for Homecoming and remember to reserve your room in advance. Don’t be caught like some were 2 years ago without a room. We are excited about Homecoming!
Fall Meeting
Our fall meeting will be held Saturday, September 16, at the Sanitary Restaurant in Morehead City. The meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m.
Speakers will be Rodney Kemp, storyteller and historian, and Jeff West, acting superintendent of Cape Lookout National
Seashore.
The meeting will be followed by door prizes and a dutch treat lunch at the Sanitary. The public is welcome to attend!
Doctor’s Creek Journal
The latest edition of the Doctor’s Creek Journal is out and in member mailboxes! Let us know how you like it. It’s full of news about our spring meeting, a special trip to Portsmouth, our newest project, and our work on the Carl Dixon house.