The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, April 14, 1996                 TAG: 9604140067
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B1   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   19 lines

ISLAND MEMORIES RING TRUE

ILLUSTRATION: Color photos by DREW C. WILSON photos, The Virginian-Pilot

Seventy-eight-year-old Leona Gilgo, above, one of the few surviving

former residents of Portsmouth Island, rings the Portsmouth Island

Methodist Church bell to signal the start of Saturday's homecoming

service. The event on the remote Outer Banks island, which included

an afternoon picnic, right, was sponsored by the Friends of

Portsmouth Island.

by CNB