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Interview with Marcella Stagg Sensat

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 5:01pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

00:00 - Born and raised in Rayne, now lives in Crowley;
00:40 - Went to Saint Joseph High School - graduated valedictorian, walked to school everyday;
01:10 - Went to SLI for Business Administration, Married in 1943;
01:35 - Her mother was a good seamstress and made most of her clothes;
02:55 - Her mother was from Washington, LA, Father went to college in Alabama to study dentistry, they settled in Rayne;
03:50 - Discussing her hobbies - reading, skating, dancing;

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Interview with Evelyn Istre

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 5:01pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

00:40 - Graduated from high school in 1938, started working at Morgan and Lindsey's store for $1 per day;
02:00 - Heard about D-day when she went back to work on Monday;
03:10 - Says that there was one local man was killed at Pearl Harbor, his twin brother survived;
04:10 - Speaking on the role of women when the war broke out;
05:30 - Her mother would sew their clothes. She says once she started working at the store, she would buy most of her clothing;
07:20 - Talking about attending movies in the 40s;

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Interview with Olympe Arceneaux Butcher Part II

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 5:01pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

00:00 - Change in Carencro during WWII, story about one of her classmates coming home from the war;
01:15 - People were very nervous about being drafted - One of her brothers went to Guam, one couldn't be drafted due to health issues;
02:00 - Went to USL (SLI) to become a teacher;
04:00 - Would listen to news about the war on the radio. At this time, nobody knew about the concentration camps;
06:50 - Learned how to drive on her own, didn't need a driver's license in those days. First car her father bought was a 1925 Ford Touring.

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Interview with Olympe Arceneaux Butcher

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 5:01pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

00:00 - Daily life - born in October 1918 in Lafayette - Great Flu epidemic. Says her mother was very scared that she would get the flu as a newborn;
01:58 - Speaking on her Acadian ancestry;
03:20 - Attended Carencro High School during Great Depression. She says she didn't know she was poor during this time, but she always had food to eat;
05:45 - Dust bowl;
7:05 - Started teaching in 1939;

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Interview with Myrtle Marie Billeaudeaux Riley

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 5:01pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

00:00 - Born July 21, 1913 in Mamou, 5 brothers and 2 sisters, Father's name was Eudé Billeaudeaux, Mother was Iris Aguillard Billeaudeaux, French was the primary language used at home;
00:45 - Had to own land to sell produce for a good price. Her father wanted to leave each child 50-100 acres when he died;
03:45 - Says they were scared of cars when they started being used. Her father drove into a ditch the first time he drove;

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Interview with Earl P. King, Sr.

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 5:01pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

00:00 - Cajun culture - stereotypes given by outsiders;
01:50 - Logging cypress trees when he was younger in Bayou Terrebonne. Says they would be scaffolding on some larger trees;
05:30 - Talking about his family's farm - Sugarcane was main crop. Also made big gardens, raised pigs, sold things at the market;
07:00 - Loading sugarcane by hand to bring to the sugar mill;
07:45 - Only speaking English in schools - Talking about they were discouraged from speaking French;
09:15 - His grandmother refused to speak English;

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Interview with Earl P. King, Sr.

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 5:01pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

00:00 - Fur industry in South LA - No school in the wintertime, kids would spend winter with their parents trapping and skinning animals;
01:50 - Great Depression - Both rich and poor people were affected; Farms went under;
02:50 - Flood of 1927 - Doesn't remember much about it. He did remember a hurricane happening that year;
03:40 - Finished school in the 8th grade and started working on the farm;
04:35 - His family wasn't affected much by the depression because they lived on a farm - always had cattle and crops growing, Hunting also helped;

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