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It didn't take long for Warsaw police Cpl. Bob Long to put his pier in the water, get his boat out and have his first accident. Long, who lives along Winona Lake, got his boat out during the Memorial Day weekend and pulled it up alongside the pier to fuel. As he did so, another boat passed by, creating a wake and shoving Long's boat close to the pier, catching his arm in the process. The result - a broken wrist and a cast for at least six weeks.
Carolyn Harrold, Pierceton, caught a 15-pound catfish in Muskelonge Lake Saturday while she and her husband were fishing. The big catfish was nearly 30 inches long when Harrold hauled it over the edge of their boat after a 25-minute battle to land the whopper.
Members of the Warsaw chapter of the Future Homemakers of America chose Mary Louise Long, a member of the 1949 graduating class of the high school, as the "ideal girl" of the year. Their choice was made known at the annual Achievement Day banquet held in the home economics room at the senior high school building.
The Times was almost wholly dependent today on radio for outside news service. Telephone lines between Warsaw and Indianapolis were put out of service last night by the heavy rain and electric storm. Communication between Warsaw and Indianapolis was not established until after 1 o'clock today. Linemen sent out from Wabash made repairs on the Wabash and Marion phone lines.
