Betty Lou Young and Randy Young Santa Monica Canyon: A Walk Through History Casa Vieja Press: Pacific Palisades, CA, 1997, 182pp., 1929
"Ed Carroll was the first captain of the county lifeguard service, which was formed in 1929-30 to serve Manhattan Beach and Santa Monica Canyon . . . . Helen "Skippy" Raymond [the first woman county lifeguard] . . .
" . . . George McManus, who served from opening day in 1930 until the city took over in 1949. George began his career as one of the first gondoliers on the Venice canals in 1905 and later served as a volunteer lifeguard at the Venice plunge . . ."