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Teachers

Frances Rose East Point Barbara Bailey North Lake Margaret Stewart Lakeville Nellie Rose Lakeville Barbara Bruce South Lake Leah Kennedy Red Point Lynne Ann Dixon East Baltic Elizabeth Harris Elmira

Erma Stewart Kingsboro

Priest Pond entered in 1969 with Mary Ryan as teacher and Hugh MacPhee, Trustee.

In this year, 1972, only one local Trustee is needed as a new board is set up and five large Administrative Units are to be opened in the Province. Ross (Johnnie) Young has been selected to represent Eastern Kings Consolidated Unit as Trustee.

Souris Regional High School Bus Drivers from this area are. Joseph Conway, Elmira, who drove a closed in truck for the first two years and a school bus since that time, has been a driver ever since this method came into effect in Eastern Kings. Joseph

Gillis of East Point and Harry Dixon are also bus drivers from this area.

IRISH MOSS

Irish Moss is gathered from the shore at North Lake by people living in the area and also by some from outlying disrricts. It is taken home, spread out, and most of the dirt and kelp are

picked from it before it is delivered to the moss plant to be processed.

Before the new moss plant was built, a building was ,:L:ted for the purpose of buying dry moss only. It was then decided to build a plant so that wet moss could be taken care of. This plant was built in September 1967 by George Cheverie, a contractor, from South Lake. It was in operation in November of the same year. The plant is owned by P.E.I. Seaweed Canadian Company.

An addition was built to this plant in 1970 and another plant was built at Naufrage the same year. After the moss is processed, it is packed and trucked to Halifax from where it is shipped to Denmark to be used in medicine, cosmetics, and puddings.