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over this bridge and used it to bank their houses. At this time

small pieces of Irish Moss were salvaged by the women, cooked with milk, and made a pudding called "blanc Mange".

Among the first settlers were people by the name of Stewart, Fraser, Cameron, and MacDonald. Some of the MacDonalds were originally MacKays but their names were changed to MacDonald because Flora MacDonald, who aided Prince Charles to escape from Scotland to France, and some Royal descent, and wished to keep the name MacDonald when she married a MacKay.

The Stewarts and Frasers came from Perthshire, Scotland in 1818.

Service Stations

In 1933 Louis Stewart opened a Service Station where work is carried out on cars, trucks, and all types of machinery.

Welding and pipe threading are also done here. In later years, this work has been taken over by his sons, Francis and Charles.

Telephone Office

The first telephone office in Eastern Kings was in the home of Helen Stewart, South Lake, where she operated faithfully for over 40 years. She did the 24 hour service. People in all walks of life always depended on her for efficient service and knowledge. Before this time, the first telephone lines came east from the Souris Telephone Office in 1907. These lines went up the south side, around East Point, and west as far as D. F. Keays'. The

phones were toll phones and anyone using them from outside the home had to pay.

Some of the first telephones were at Lauchlan MacDonalds, Beatons, Camerons, Scotts, Sewell Robertson's now Stoffer

Boertein's, D. F. Keays, now Bernard MacPhee's, and Mamie MacDonalds. ‘

After Helen's passing in 1963, the South Lake office was moved to the home of Mrs. Bernard Mossey and it is still there. Assistant operators are Mrs. Vincent Mossey and Mrs. Henry O'Brien. Barbara O'Brien also assists at intervals. Very few homes are now without a phone.

Weaving

Weaving was done by Mrs. Margaret Townshend in Elmira before she was married and in South Lake after she settled there. She wove by hand. The work was continued into the early 1940's by her daughter, Annie. Another daughter, Essie, Mrs. Gordon Stewart, was also able to weave.

William Brown, married to a Cameron, owned a Cobbler Shop on

the A. A. MacDonald property where he made boots, shoes, and harness.