R. P. Frink, M. D. Biography


	This biography appears on page 672 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				R. P. FRINK, M. D. 

	Dr. R. P. Frink is the pioneer physician of Wagner and has the 
confidence of the general al public and of his professional colleagues. 
He was born in Clarence, Iowa, on the 23d of July, 1877, a son of 
William H. and Hulda (Orelup) Frink. The father, who was a pioneer of 
Iowa, is now living retired in North Dakota, but the mother died in 
1888. 

	Dr. Frink attended the public and high schools in the acquirement 
of his general education and did his professional work at the medical 
college of the University of Iowa and at the Northwestern University of 
Chicago. He was graduated from the latter institution in 1903 and 
immediately located for practice in Wagner, South Dakota, where he has 
remained during the intervening twelve years. He was the first 
physician in that town and still maintains a position of leadership in 
medical circles. He has gained a large and lucrative practice. 

	Dr. Frink was married in June, 1904, to Miss Daisy Safley, a 
daughter of John Safley, of Battle Creek, Iowa, and to this union have 
been born three children, Helen, Raymond and Norman. 

	The Doctor gives his political allegiance to the republican 
party. For the past six years he has been chairman of the school board 
and he has also served on the county board of health. He belongs to the 
Commercial Club and is much interested in the development of Wagner 
along civic and business lines. He is identified with the Masonic order 
and has taken the eighteenth degree in the Scottish Rite, while his 
religious faith is that of the Methodist church. He does all in his 
power to further the advancement of his community and South Dakota and 
believes firmly in the future growth and development of this great 
state.