My first job was at the age of
12 in the 7th grade. It started January 1st on a very cold and rainy morning at 5: A.M.
delivering the morning paper. The morning newspaper
was The Morning Advocate
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from Baton Rouge.
Then to make matters worse I later accepted the job of delivering the evening newspaper
from Opelousas, Louisiana -- The Daily World.
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In high school I worked for the many area farmers and cattlemen
-- picking up heavy bales of hay in the field and loading them in huge barns.
Also, cutting and loading logs in the woods -- known as hauling
pulp wood. Setting huge round hoop nets in the Atchafalaya
River and picking them up very early in the mornings to catch
huge catfish, buffalo and goo fish. Very hard, cold and wet.