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 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, and finally Production Foreman. He worked at Bay Ste. Elaine and Lake Barre, ending up in Golden Meadow when he retired in 1983.