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()i)0 acres of forest. Don Townsend who oflcn flics his plane over the area says you have, to see it from ihe air to appreciateU.Although the idea lt;if a reunion was begun 12 years ago by year-old Charlotte Lin loti Kon-nard, the Linton name is absent at the reunion due to I he fact that the Linton's had only girls.For several years a man whom nobody seemed to know came lo the reunion. When asked his name he said he was not really kin, mil thai ho had spent so much lime at one of the family homes that the girls .seemed 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-greal'grandfather, walk-S' 1J * r\ Ihft rrrif* iy«»ll inlil£, n 1111.1.0 iu £,* iui iiu»i »nAthens with two bags of corn, used to carry one bag for a distance. set it down and -*1051 as hr »viurned to bring the other bag lo that poim.They also hear tales of how Robinette, who came from Toronto, Canada, Iraueu her silk dresses for registered Shropshire sheep which later became the farm’s chief enterprise. And how she brought her piano with her Id a wagon, ’which turned, out lo be more practical than they thought, for she used it to block the bear skin rug door to keep 'the.-wolves and bears ouLFamily reunions are nothing new. The unique thing about this . particular reunion is Hie fact that ii retains the spirit with Which it. was'started. The first one drew 3S6 people togetherid a. families e a me from Virginia. .Maryland, Michigan. Idaho and Indiana.py 3 yr* ii ahLAO I I i I S IUIIVI IOf Unborn ConductedL.A. TimcvWoihiftglnn New*LOS ANGELAS — Electronic muni soring nf the condition of unborn babies is taking the place of the old-fashioned stethoscope, and doing a belter job to prevent stillbirths and birth injuries during labor.The fetal monitoring was developed by Dr. E. H. Hon, chief of prenatal biology at Women’s Hospital of the Los Angeles Conn ly-University of Southern California Medical Center.He and Dr. E. H. Quiliigan, chief ol professional services at the hospital and professor of ob-.'tonics lt;ii U.SC, said the electronic system was keeping track of the fetal heart beats.•The equipment takes a continuous electrocardiogram of the baby during labor,” Qujlligait said. “The patterns of change in the heart • beat indicate how much difficulty, it any, the fetus is encountering.”The eJctronie devices also record contractions of the uterus by measuring the changes in pressure in the amniolic fluid.- The two together will indicate when it is necessary to change the baby's position, or when it is necessary lo give the mother ox-vgen, Qiiiliigan said.
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Athens Messenger
Athens, Ohio, US
Sun, Aug 23, 1970
Page 17
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Anita B.
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