glen Sixrssn ,, Bertie Conklin Happiest Woman Here; Knows City Like a Book . To be struck by lightning and to recover from the shock seems to mostipeople a. real miracle. And yet. today, Miss Bertha Conk- lin of Third avenue, East Norwalk, I is a living example of just that mir- ecle. Miss Conklin. known as "Bertie" , to hundreds of friends, was para- lysed by a belt of lightning nearly thirty years ago, but is still as cheer- ful, and as alive to what goes on around her as are' thousands of , others. She sits in her chair in her house on Third avenue, where she has liv- v-edsince she was born, and main- tains a lively interest in what hap- pens in East Norwalk. Frequently she takes automobile rides through the state with friends. To watch her talk and smile one Would never guess that she was paralysed by the shock so many years ago. “I’ve lived right here on this street all my life," she said at first ‘ down bteow in the hollow. and later ~ here. Third avenue used to be all SPECIAL Complete set of ti demeani- sble wheels for Ford Cars. $13.95 usual price $20 TIME S SQUARE “m SUPPLY Co., Inc. Radio ‘ . _ 64 North Main St. : South Norwalk, Conn. water then. From almost to the boulevard right down to the shore it was all water. That's been all filled in since I was a girl. "They talk now about East Nor- walk growing. My, my, they should have seen it when this was farm- land. I can remember when there were only three houses near here One.wa.s the Dorlon's Point house. new the Country Club, the other was Sylvester Decker’s bigu- house. and the third was our own. here on Third avenue. People used to laugh if you said you came from East Norwalk. It was almost like living in the country." Miss Conklin is one of the oldest readers of The Evening Sentinel. “How long have I read it?" she mused and answered at once. “Ever since James Golden started it in 1870." She hasn’t been able to travel about as much as other people do, but occasionally motors through the country. “From what I see of young people.” she said strongly. "I think nowadays they aren't properly handled. It isn't their fault. but their parents. They don't have the home life they used to. Now the little children here stay out until ten and eleven o'clock at night. When we were small we always had to be around the house or front yard at seven in the summer, and never after five o'clock in the win- ter, That‘s the way we were brought up." “Things are different, though," she added. When asked if she was by any chance related to the, Mrs. Ethel Conklin. struck by lightning last Thursday while other home on Newtown avenue. she said: “No. there was only one family of Conklin: ‘in Norwalk when I was b 11. We came from Long island. All hese other Conklins came much later. We are not related." It was merely coincidence that another woman with ”Bertie's" name should be paralysed under al- most thc same conditions by a lightning bolt. A second coinci- dence that both women should say- vive the experience. "People have been very good to me," she explained. "Especially Mr. and Mrs. "1iouor1 Joseloft. They take me on rides and I can see what is going on. I can remember when Mr. Joseloff first came to Norwalk and I've always been good friends with his family. It was a. long time ago. but I remember when he began business here on 87. 60, and it grew, until he had a store, and now he owns land all around her. "Ho isn't the only one. Lots of others who have come to Norwalk have prospered. Miss Conklin is much interested in her immediate neighborhood, where she has always lived. and has decided opinions on questions regarding the street. and draining, and her neighbors. She knows per- haps more about Last Norwelk than anyone living there. She has watch- cd it grow from a farm country into a. residential portion of the city of Norwalk. She has followed the news oi the town cloacly, and keeps up a, steady correspondence with numerous friends and relatives. Surely there is no one in the Third District who does not know "Ber- tie." who is. not familiar with her ever-chcerful face. and who does not admire her for her courage. She lives with her brother George W. Conklin, employed by the Crofut 8: Knapp Company. and her aunt. Mrs. Mary Johnson. Miss Conklin does much of the house wotk in the little cottage. left her by her father years ago. To strangers her life might seem drab. but her friends know' ‘Bertie" as the most cheerful of the cheer- ful. s. 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Styles show wide skirts with fitted waistline in s m a1 le r sizes, pleats, godets, collars, 1n the larger sizes. . Ready-.to-Wear Dept., Second Floor. Ament ATLANTA. July 80 (AP) .—-An amendment designed to prohibit the teaching of evolution in the common schools of Georgie. was voted down overwhelmingly by the State House of Representatives. .The amendment was offered to the General Appropriations bill and pro. vided htat any teacher. or school. teaching or permitting to be taught a. theory of evolution in contradic- tion ”to the Bible's account of the creation of man would be cut oi! from receiving State funds. The amendment related only to the com- mon schools. Representative Lindsay. its author, stated after its crushing defeat that he would not offer an anti evolution 11111.. in the viva voce vote the “noes" drowned out the‘ ‘ayes." Speaking in behalf of the amend- ment. Lindsay referred to the Uni- versity of Chicago as the source of new theories “which for the last twenty-five years have overwhelmed this country" and which “culminated a. short time ago in one of its grad- uates taking the life of a. little boy as a scientific experiment." He con- tinued: “No man's education. no system (1' education that- is founded on things other than the fundamentals of Holy Writ, can endure. “ No Telephone Orders 011 Month End Specials MEIGS MONTH END SALE ran nvhnme tempt—so; sidearm. coon. Georgia Legislators Vote Down meat Barring Evolution “I don' t want any smart Alex try- ing to teach my child that man de- scended fro ma tadpole or a monkey. “My child shall not be subject to the inroads of scientists. We must protect them from the poison that is being injected. "When a. man gets so smart that he can't believe the Bible he is Just too smart to know that he's I. feel." Representative Barrett. Cheriman at the Appropriations Committee. was on his feet the omment Mr. Lindsay completed his remarks and termed the proposed amendment “silly."s 1 ""Write it in it you want," he said. "But you will be making yourselves ridiculous if you do." a Cough Remedy win»... Opus...“ Many cough preparations contain some one or mars harmful drugs which are added to take the piece of opiates. None of these narcotic substitutes have ever been used in FOLEY'B HONEY AND TAR COM- POUND. The name of every in- ”agent is plainly printed on every You know whet you s.e taking when you take Foley's. It clings to the throat. Good for old and young. You have a cough. Why not try it? Rdfuse substitutes. Still- son-Powell Corn—Adv. Wall Street TRISTRAM. 69’ HYATT NorWalk’s Leading Dry Goods Store Norwalk, Conn. Lace Collar and Cuffs 98c Lace Jabots 690'980 Organdit Collar and Cuffs 50c and 55c Fancy Garters medias-6911981: Linen 98c Collar and Cuffs 500t°98c Lace Collars . 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