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Townsend-Linton ClanReunion Retains Historic SpiritBy 1 \HJORIL STRK.HI Messenger staff WriterA remodeled summer kitchen and a lawn bench, formerly a hand*hewn beam from the 150-year old mam farm house, are all that remain on the farms homesteaded in 1804 by Si Hotv inette and Thomas Linton, brothers-in law and great-great grandfathers of the town send Linton elan Each August, though, a serine 01 wanting to be together calls the family descendants from as far away as AncjhOia *e. Ak , and Lake Panasoskee, Fla .— families with names like Townsend, Andrews, Collins, Speneei, Scott, Withers Dailey. Sickels, Lightfritz and Brooks The Robmette Ridge cabin sits on a basement of hand-hewn stones cut by great great grandfather Thomas Linton who was a stone mason, Townsend heirs who bought the family place m Waterloo Township on the Vinton County line, have paneled, remodeled and built on to the original summer kitchen, providing a family retreat in the only remaining clearing in 204, (Kill acres of forest Don Towns end who often the.* ins plane over the area says you have to sec it from the air to appreciateAlthough the idea of a reunion was begun 12 years ago by hh-y ear-old Charlotte Linton Ken nard, the Lmton name is absent at the reunion due to the tact that the Linton’s had only girls.For several years a man whom nobody seemed to know tame to the reunion. When asked in • name he said tie was not i t ally km, but fha! lie had spent so much time at one of the family homes that Die girls ■* emed like sisters to him so he came to the' reunion Tales of the family heritage are swapped and passed on from generation to generation giving the family a feeling of tradition Children hear stories of how great great-grandfather, walking i4 miles to the grist mill u Athens with two bags of corn, used to carry one bag for a do tame set it down and test ’ as h* 1 turned to bring the other bag to that point They also hear tale of how Mrs Robinette, who came from Toronto, Canada, tradeu her silk dresses for registered Shropshire slK'ep which later became thg farm s chief enterprise. And how she brought her piano with her ni a wagon, which turned out to be more practical than thev thought, for .she used it to block the bear -.kin rug door to keep the wot vi‘s and bears out Family reunions ate nothing m w\ The unique thing about this particular reunion is the fact that it retains the spirit with which it was started The fust one drew 386 people togetherand the least attendance for any one year has oeen 220 Another unique thing about the festivities is that they cover a tw o day period Square dine* mg on an outdoor pavilUon, built by Tow nsend heirs who now own the farm, capture's the attention of guest on Saturday night. Sunday a picmc dinner at noon provides relaxation while those who still have energies left, pilch horse hoes or participate m other names and children enjoy a ro|ie swing A member oi trie clan. Jack Sickels, with his Green Valley Boys, provide* the music for the square dance Main planners for Uk* affair are the Townsend children, Peg Andrews. Vaughn, Vern. Bob, Donald and Frank only Peg re. mains in ihe area Frank lives in Michigan and the other three in Indiana Among other descendants who remain in the area and attend the reunion wtth their children and families are Gertrude Andrew Catherine Collins, Reb* Wither.-, tana Light frit/. Mary RiiMik.- Jo seotl and Dwight Sc o.iIn addition to Alaska arid Florida families came from Virginia Maryland Michigan Idaho and Indiana.Examination Of Unborn ConductedA T # , »Af i u r P N*e ■ • '•LOS ANGELES — Ktectrotue mooitot • \ the lt;ondition of unbmn babies is taking the pl.t- e of the old-fashioned stethoscope. and doing a better job to prevent stillbirths and buth injuries during labor The fetal monitoring was developed by Dr E. 11 Ron, chief of prenatal biology at Women's Hospital of the Los Angeles i ourny-university oi southern California Medical Center.He and Dr K lb QuilUgan, chief of professional services at the hospital and professor of ob--tetncs at CSC, said the electronic system was keeping track of the fetal heart beatsThe equipment takes a continuous electrocardiogram of the baby during labor,” QuilUgan said 'The patterns of change in the heart beat indicate how much difficulty, if any, the fetus Is encountering.”The eletronie devices also res ord contractions of the uterus by measuring the changes in pressure in the ammotic fluid The two together will indicate when it is necessary to change the baby's position, or when it is n» c.'sary to give the mother oxygen, QuilUgan said.
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Athens Sunday Messenger
Athens, Ohio, US
Sun, Aug 23, 1970
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