Freeman BartonBorn in Yarmouth in 1896, moved to Digby when he was three months old. He never went to school, but does remember the little school house. For two or three winters in a row, a teacher was a teenager, Mr.Barton left for Halifax to stay with a cousin. He used to pick mayflowers and blueberries to see to tourists at the wharf. Blueberries sold for $0.05 a quart and mayflowers for $0.05 a bunch. He can't recall there being any organized sports around when he was young. Remembers the grist mill in the Acacia Valley. The mill owner would keep half of the load of flour as payment for the use of the mill. Most people had a garden and some livestock. Most of the livestock (of which cattle was the mainstay) was for the farmer's own use. A common practice for the men was to get tighter and cut up each man's winter supply of wood. A lot of the children would not go to school because they had to help support the family. The girls helped around the house, while the boys worked as labourers. In many families both parents were working. Mr.Barton began working at the age of nine. His mother was cook at Cecil Jone's father's Hotel in Bear River.When he came back from Halifax, Mr.Barton worked for Mckeens Co. loading lumber at the ferry wharf. He also worked for the Arcadia and Pursesky Construction companies as a mixer man Victoria Bridge to the Pines. Bill Franklin was the superintendent of roads at the time. Other work included working on a "Rosser" (a machine that takes the back of pulpwood). A temporary asphalt plant was established in Jordantown in 1953. It was owned by a Mr.Jarvis. Freeman Barton worked with this outfit until he was 75 years old. He worked at Tupper Warnes Mill for two weeks. A boy by the name of Allan Woods was fired by Tupper Warne for buying one at the Mill's store. He believe that Fred Guy was the first person from Jordantown to have a car. There was no electricity or telephones in Jordantown when he was a boy. Any fires had to be put out by bucket brigade. The home of his Grandfather, George Baron, burned down when he was seven or eight years old.The only clubs or organization in Jordantown were those run by the Church. He used to attend Sunday school and Church picnics. During the thirties work was pretty scarce. He can remember doing errands for a week for a payment of a single egg! He can remember there being a law whereby children had to be off the streets by nine o'clock. In his grandfathers day black were not allowed in town after sunset. His grandparents are buried on the property of Harold Miller (formerly the property of his grandparents).