Beach girls friend . Repairs , punctures in bathing costumes . Ben Simank , enterprising young man of Santa Catalina Island , has seized the chance offered by the new vogure for rubber bathing costumes to open a unique buisness on the beah at the American holiday resort . Ben saw that many costumes were quickly discarded owing to tears . Now , equipped with puncture outfits in many colurs , he has a stand on the beach and gives a new lease of life to the bathing girls rubber suits . Photo shows , Ben Simank repairs a beach girl ' s rubber costume at Santa Catalina Island . 17 May 1936