Sea Hunt

[Thalassamania]

True. But we're not even talking Sea Hunt trivia anymore. I think David W will get a lot more feedback with a thread on this. I think it would be a great topic. I personally don't know enough to start one or I would. So David, how about it?

Your right, seconded.

 

[David Wilson]

Isn't Sam Miller the guy you should be asking? He's been setting the questions and all I've done, like Thalassamania, is answer a couple of them.

Sam's the man!

 

[uspap]

David,
You're right. My bad. Sorry. So Sam, How about starting a trivia thread and allow this one to resume it's normal flight plan?

 

[Sam Miller III]

uspap ... But we're not even talking Sea Hunt trivia anymore. ....

??? we aren't??

Lets examine your rash statement closely...

You and others have learned a little history behind the diver commonly associated with sea hunt; Zale Parry. All this information will soon be lost; the people who were associated with that era are rapidly dwindling in numbers and in a few short years they will be gone as well as the information so far disclosed and that which will be disclosed today.

All that I have posted is from a very long term relationship with the subjects. No I think, I suspose, I heard, I was told..

What can you contribute?

SDM

 

[Sam Miller III]

Sam -

>>>> J.R. Yes, aquisition of information commonly called research can be fun!
Question for you==are you near Little Egypt? Cario ( called K-row or Vienna called Vy-anna,) near Melmet?

>>>>You did very very good in researching

1: The first UICC Prog graduate - Dottie Frasier
2: second Barbara Allen
>>>third Lyn Chase
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3: Zale used - Rolliemarine...

Hyperbaric Chamber

Interestingly haven't run on too much with that other than she did the work with her husband who started SURE - Scientific Underwater Research Enterprises... so, haven't nailed it down yet... but it "looks like" they/he/she may be the owner... haven't found location yet...
>>>Zale married Parry Bevins he was an engineer who became a doctor. He and others constructed a double lock chamber in the Biven's back yard. SHURE was a group of divers who wanted to experiment with hyperbarric pressures associated with diving. I have forgot many of the members, but recall Bob Lorenzen who lived in NorCal, Rocky LaMarie (Pro --LA Mar) who was killed in an Auto
accident 20 years ago--Very serious--If diving was stinko they would do a chamber jump. That is what prompted Zale to make her 209 dive.



Underwater Warrior questions:
>>>You hit those questions right on the nose! Bravo!

Bonus Questions:

1st job... NOT A CLUE!!!
First Husband - Parry Bevens, M.D. (couldn't find any other)
>>>Close Parry BevIns. Parry passed on in about 1965. They have a daughter Margret who is a vet in practice up north of my home
Don Neuman second husband for about 20 years or more--they did the big
D about 10 years back.

Real Name - Zale Bevens
>>>>Under the threat of lossing a freindship I will remain quite..Zale is her first name Parry was chosen as a stage name and it stuck--It is of course Parrys first name

!!!

JR I AM PROUD OF YOU! YOU DID VERY WELL!
Zale and I will be on a program in August at portage quarry in Ohio--sure hope you can make it --but you must bring some of mama's corn bread!

SDM

 

[Sam Miller III]

Who was/is Morgan C Degn?
Head of Los Angeles County's aquatic unit in the mid-1960s

What is he called other than Morgan?--hint "C"
Clint
______________________________________________________________________

You are correct!

Clint followed Al Tillman as the Senior aquatics specialist in the LA County Underwater Unit.

Clint was followed by Tom Ebro

Bev Morgan was a life guard and was not involved in administration

Clint and John Craig were also business partners in a company called Photomarine international. It lasted about a year or two and folded.

The coauthored the book you have about this time ( they gave me an inscribed copy)

Clint followed Johns fin steps and went on the lecture circuit, traveling through out the US presenting 1-1/2 movies he had made.

Now you know the rest of the story...

sdm

 

[Sam Miller III]

J.R.

No way you would know who hired Zale for her first job, so I will tell you...It was none other than Sam Lecocq! His first wife had died in child birth and he had an infant to care for. He hired a nany for the day and a 15 or 16 year old Zale for after school and until he got home from the office.

Parry Bevins was working with Sam Lecocq at that time so Sam introduced Zale to Parry and several years later they were married.

Now who in the heck was Sam Lecocq and what part did he play in Sea Hunt?


<< PortageQuarry attendess know the answer! >>>

sdm

 

[J.R.]

Hey Sam...

Thanks for filling in the blank spots... and the slick seque to Sam Lecocq on the "first job" question...

As to Sam Lecocq...

Well... after finding your article on Mssr. Lecocq on History Hunters International, I know a lot more about hime that I did *before* finding the article...

(http://historyhuntersinternational.org/index.php?topic=613.msg3442)

Interesting fella'. Member of the Maquis during WWII... Came to the US in 1951. Went to work in CA for Rene Bussuz, founder of US Divers in 1952. Sam was assigned to Skokie, Ill to establish and supervise the manufacture of AquaLung at Bastian and Blessing Co.

On Jan 1, 1956 US Divers was sold to Aire Liquide and Sam shifted jobs and went with Heathways to develop their underwater line of products.

In 1958 SAm Lecocq found his own company, Sportsways, for the manufacture and sale of recreational diving equipment.

Sam Lecocq is credited with being the inventor of the single hose requlator.

(Also discoverd that (as of May 5, 1971) he owned Pacific Diver's Supply and was the skipper of the *Kona Sea*...)...

Can't find a thing on the Sea Hunt part though...

Now... on to other bits:

Don't live near Karo, Kairo... er... that place down south. Live up near Peoria.... land of mud pit divin' ... ;-) But... hey... ya' take what's available and some of the quarrys around here are really nice.

I'll mark the PortageQuarry thing on my PDA... don't know what August is going to bring yet... but... don't be suprised if some guy walks up asks if ya' like a chunk-o'-cornbread (ummm.... butter or honey on that????)

... and I believe that a *true* Sea Hunt fan would be as geeky about the characters, crew and tech details surrounding the show as they might be about the somewhat sketchy plot lines... and given that the show had a very *real world* impact on many of us... I enjoy understanding more about the real world lives of some of the folks that were on the show... so... to ME (my opinion... other people's milage may vary) the Q&A regarding folks associated with the show is a nice spice to the thread... makes em' a bit more *people*...

... my tuppence...

J.R.

 

[Sam Miller III]

J.R.

You are an exceptional resercher! Certainly a credit to this board and a living tribute to Sea Hunt

Sam & I have been friends since the early 1950s. We still visit often and E mail weekly. He is certainlly one of a kind. And what you read is true.

There is a dispute at present about the single hose regs. There were others in the world who used off the shelf welding and O2 componets to make a SH reg. Sam's (Healthways and Sportsways) were not conversions but totally all new specificly designed diving regulators.

You certainly know how to serve corn bread! I will be expecting it a PQ!

Might suggest that you might want to check out www.portagequarry.com for a little more about Sam & Sam.... Or google my name + scuba (etc)

Cheers from a still dark CenCal,

SDM

 

[captain]

Let me say it was a great pleasure and honor to meet both Dr. Sam Miller and Sam Lecocq at Portage Quarry. Both have a vast knowledge of and participation in the developement of scuba.