Interviewer(s): J. Sell. Houma, LA

Affiliation: University of Arizona

Acklin Blanchard was recommended by Diana Edmonson, and is one of the people from Montegut who went to work for Texaco. He and his wife met me in his new home.

Acklin Blanchard started work with Texaco in 1947 at the shipyard and warehouse in Montegut, loading supplies, cement and pipes, for $.87 per hour with an extra ten cents for overtime. In 1949 he started in field production, starting as a roustabout. After two years he was promoted to night pumper at Caillou Island, where he stayed for 30 years. In 1953 he was promoted to meterman, then "head roustabout." In 1972 he was named Production Foreman. After that he was "shuffled around" to Bay Ste. Elaine and Lake Barre, ending up in Golden Meadow when he retired in 1983.