Frank Linns Leave Monday for Trip
Outside; Lease Farm to Pat Murphy
Announced this week was the
two-year lease of Frank Linn’s
160 acre dairy farm near the
Matanuska Experiment Station
to Grayson ‘ Pat” Murphy, whose
resignation from the Soil Conser
vation Service takes effect at the
end of this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Linn plan
to leave the Valley next Monday
on an extended trip which will
include visits with relatives near
Calgary, Alberta, and in Kansas.
Although the Linns departure
will come as a surprise to many,
negotiations have been under
way for several weeks. Mr. Linn
has been in poor health for the
past year, and he hopes that a
vacation from the demands of
his 14-cow milking herd will ex
pedite recovery.
Of all things to happen to a
dairy farmer, Linn’s development
of ail allergy to cows last year
was most disastrous in its impli
cations. Medical science soon pro-j
duced an antidote to the allergy,
but other complications demand- i
ed rest, for which the good dairy j
farmer finds little time. I
Linn first came to the Valley in I
1927 from IVT^mhattarv Wr*
SERVICE CHOICE FOR
ELISTEES 19—26
EXTENDED TO NOV. 30
John L. McCormick, Territor
ial Director of Selective Service,
announced today that the Depart
ment of. Defense has extended the
deadline from August 31, 1951 to
November 30. 1951 permitting
any registrant between the ages
of 19 and 26 to enlist in the
branch of service of his choice
for immediate active service, even
though he has had his Armed
Forces Physical Examination.
Mr. McCormick further stated
that this does not apply to re
gistrants who have received their
orders to report for induction,
and therefore do not have this
privilege, nor does it apply to
enlistments in any of the Reserve
Components.
Cope dairy farm while Cope
made a trip Outside.
The Murphys have two daugh
ters: Patricia, aged four and
Sharon, aged one.
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Congressional Group j
Inspects Alaskan
Military Installations ji
Elmendorf Air Force Base,!
September 6, (AMNS)—Seven;
members of the United States!
House of Representatives were j
in Alaska last week inspecting ■
military installations. The con-'
gressmen were delayed on their j
departure from Washington by j
bad wreather, but arrived in An- j
chorage over the Labor Day1
week-end to begin a tour that'
was to last until Sept. 10.
The group was split into two
sections to enable them to see
more of the Alaskan command.
Chairman of the group wras Por
ter Hardy Jr. (D), of Virginia.
Others on the trip include:
Walter Norblad (R), of Oregon;
Clyde Doyle (D), of California:
Victor Wickersham (D),of Okla
homa; William H. Bates (R), of
Massachusettes; James E. Van
Zandt (R) of Pennsjilvania and
Hubert B. Scudder (R), of Calif
ornia. Mr. Scudder is a member
of the committee on public works.
The others are from the house
armed services committee.
Others in the party included
Colonel M. W. Goding, staff as
sistant to the assistant Secretary
of Interior for public land mana
gement.
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worked for three years as dairy -
man for the Matanuska Experi
ment Station where Mrs. Linn
joined him as a bride in 1928.
After three years as superinten
dent of the Fairbanks Experiment
Station and a couple of years at
mining, the Linns returned to the
Valley to purchase two 40-acre
tracts abandoned by colonists He
has since added 80 acres to round
out a quarter section of farm
land.
Both of the Linns have been
very active in community affairs
Besides taking an active part in
the farm work, including driving
the tractor and tending to 300
chickens, Mrs. Linn served for a
time as Palmer School Board
member. Frank has been on the
board of directors for MVFCA.
and on the advisory committee
for FHA. Since the creation of the
Alaska Soil Conservation District
in 1947, he has been chairman of
that body. Under his leadership,
conservation subdistricts in most
of the more promising agricul
tural areas in the Territory have
been formed.
The Linns plan to return to the
Valley when the 2-year lease is
up, although the return to dairy
ing will depend on Mr. Linn’s
health.
Present plans are that both
Linn children will remain in
Alaska. Allan, who left college
during his senior year last year
to help during his father’s ill
ness, is now in the army at Fort
Richardson. Mary Ann hopes to
continue with her job as secre
tary at the Matanuska Experi
ment Station.
The Murphys are renting their
attractive home on the Wasilla
Highway to Public Health Nurse
Marjorie Myren and Alice Mc
Cann, Palmer School secretary.
“Pat” Murphy has been work
ing as Soil Conservationist in the
Wasilla-Knik area since he join
ed SCS in Alaska in April, 1950.
Although he has never managed
a farm before, he has always
been in agricultural work and
was brought up on a farm. Re
cently he helped out at the Jack
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