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I used to work for Roland's son (also named Roland.) He told me his father "taught" him how to dive in Lake Pontchartrain by putting him in water too deep to stand. When Roland Jr. would go to rest holding onto the side of the boat, his father would rap him on the hands with a hard rubber hose. :-D
Now back to our regularly scheduled program.
As a grammar school school kid in the mid 50's fascinated with diving I would go to Roland's store on North Rampart and stare at the display of U S Divers equipment. Bought my first real mask there, a Squale.