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Mermaids, Sharks Scuba Dive Here jf^iumlyer, Simp6ony ^nitructin C^liowaniand in lAJater and Mention the word plumber and people immediately think of clogged drains, overflowing bathrooms and costly bills. That is, unless they know Ralph Simpson, licensed Plum ber and Maintenance man for Cho wan. Simpson is not only a first class plumber, but he has worked as a scuba diver in New York, New Jer sey and the Bahamas. His scuba diving talents don’t go to waste at Chowan. He teaches a class in the underwater art in the college’s pool daily during the lunch hour and two nights a week. Eighteen students, including seven girls, started the course and “others are trying to join everyday,” Simp son says. Simpson has also done some hard hat diving. Hard hat requires a pres sure suit and scuba diving is done ig ^un with just a mask and air tank. He attended the New York Salvage Div ing School and worked for three New York companies before coming to Chowan. He hopes to take his class to White Lake “as soon as the weather breaks,” so he can give each student a chance to dive at depths of 25, 50, and 75 feet, “if possible.” Students will be instructed to work underwater, he explains. Each will be given four boards, a hammer and some nails and will be taught to make a box while underwater. “It is hard since you are fighting both gravity and buoyancy,” he says. Hammer and nails sink if dropped, but boards float to the top. Members of the college class have formed a club, calling themselves the Chowan Sharks and Mermaids. 2 Simpson instructs Greg Mensinger and Marie Christian in the college’s pool. Preparing equipment and testing water are mermaids and sharks Greg Mensinger, June Styron, instructor Simpson, Marie Christian, David Lawson, Jr., and, in the water. Bill McNeil, Vernon Lupton and Bob Baughn. for March, 1967 PAGE ELEVEN
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