Mrs. Mary BordenWent to the little Conway school which was on the site of the present community centre. This school taught Grades kinder-garden to eight. Following this Mrs. Borden went to St. Pat's (the red school) where she went as far as Grade ten.In her day, Mrs. Borden was one of the few children from Jordantown that ever attended St, Pat's. She felt that part of the reason for this was that in many families both parents had to work and thus the children had help around the house or work themselves. The girls would take care of the younger children while the boys would either help on the farm or work in town.Mrs. Borden's father was a farmer and labourer. He kept several heads of cattle and other livestock. Most farming in Jordantown was on a small scale and was done mainly to feed the farmers family. Her father did, however, sell some cattle to the Pines Hotel. Mrs.Borden's mother worked at the Pines Hotel until she died in 1934. Like Freeman Barton, she can remember picking blueberries and mayflowers to sell to tourists coming off the old Ferry boat. Mrs.Borden started teaching in 1946, at New Road, North Preston. She had found out about the job while attending an African Baptist Association meeting in North Preston. At this time she did not have a teachers license. At one time, before she was born, blacks in Jordantown were Anglican, while the blacks of Francistown, Rice's Corner and up Hillgrove way, were Baptists. The black of Jordantown eventually split away from the Marshalltown Anglican Church, and joined the Francistown Baptist Church. The only clubs or organization in Jordantown were those run by the Baptist Churchy. For example, the Ladies Auxillary, the Baptist Young People's youth group. The latter group would hold rallys. She felt that there was an "understanding" between the White's of Digby and the Black's of Jordantown that the blacks would not join any clubs in town.A Reverend Anderson served the Baptist Church for 44 years. Reverend Anderson came to Digby from Hammonds Plains. The Nova Scotian restaurant once refused to serve Reverend Anderson.Mrs. Bordan feels that there was a feeling among many of the whites in Digby that the Blacks should stay in their place, that they (the Blacks) should do the white people's domestic and manual labour, but thats all. One has only to listen to the responses of many of the white people interviewer, to confirm Mrs.Borden's feelings. Although she can't remember ever going on a real vacation, Mrs. Borden remembers attending the yearly meeting of the African Baptist Association.When she was a girl there were up no telephones in Jordantown. Wayne Woodman was probably the first to have a phone there. Jordantown did not get electricity until Mrs.Borden was away teaching. She remember people from Jordantown petitioning to get this service. She can't remember anybody from Jordantown ever being on town council. The first time she was asked to vote in town council election was when a candidate from Marshalltown asked her to do so. That was only eight years ago. The Baptist minister and several other members from the African Baptist Church used to hold Sunday services at the Poor House in Marshalltown. There was a curfew in town whereby anyone who was 16 or under could not be on the streets after 9;00 P.M. unless accompanied by an adult. Fred Thibeau was the lone town Policeman: He operated out of the old Town Hall. Many people in Jordantown buried family members on their own property. Many of Mrs.Borden's relatives are buried on a section of her property, including her Father's Mother, Martha Barton. Mrs.Bordens mother used to keep a small store in her house. The goods were obtained from Digby Wholesalers. Quite a number of people from Jordantown worked as cooks in the towns Hotels.A man by the name of Henry Trask used to fun a black- smith shop located at the corner of King and Warwick Streets (site of the present barbershop.) At Tupper Warnes Mill worker were not paid in cash, but in groceries. For Example, one week's work would entitle a worker to a certain amount of groceries from Tupper Warnes' store. It cost 25 cents to see a picture at the Bijou: 15 cent for the matinee. A train station used to be located……..A man from Marshalltown was in charge of the station. He would put the flag out if someone wanted to board the train. The train would arrive at eleven in the moring and depart from Digby at three. This allowed enough time for shopping. It cost $0.10 to go into town: $0.15 cent after the Dayliner was out on.Her Father fought in the first World War. During the second World War her Father was the overseer of the Air force Barracks at the site of the old Cannonbanks.