1674-1 Herbert FrinkHERBERT FRINK
Restaurant Operator
Opposes Employing
Outside Police Chief
Herbert a A. i Be ingy re-elounec-
tion as a Miami Be ity council-
man, advertises t e operates
the "longest bar e world" at
his Pig Trail Inas p Fifth street,
but he sells nc uor, only beer
and wine.
A native o orida, Frink was
born at Call , near Jacksonville,
39 years ago. e came to Miami
in 1922 and got his start the hard
way by working in restaurants and
driving jitneys. This gave him the
experience to succeed in business
later on.
Prink worked as- manager -of
Mickey McGee's restaurant on the
South Beach during the "Roaring
Twenties." Ten years ago he went
out on his own and built his pres.
ent eating place, which is nearly
a block long.
Elected First Time Two Years Ag(
I Elected to the council for th
Ifirst time two years ago, Frin
since then has helped provide fy
I public improvements costing $971
513 and bought $407,878 worth
land for the city. At the same tin;
the city retired $574,000 in bon(
The councilman is proudest of t
lead he took in establishing a heal
department for the city of Mia
Beach and placing Dr. T. E. Ci
in charge, in obtaining a six-
week for police, firemen and 1
guards, in perfecting civil sery
for employes and in increasing t
summer police force to better p
tett absent residents.
Frink supported the establisk
ment of the ocean -front park ay
South Beach, along with the pray,
posed convention hall on the Mil-'
lion Dollar Pier and elimination of
the Coney Island "eyesores" in this
vicinity. He voted for the North
Beach Ocean park by purchasing
the coast guard property at Sev
enty-third street and Collins avenue.
Opposes Employing Outsider
Dead set against employing an
outsider for police chief, Frink in-
sists that Miami Beach, with a per-
manent population of some 30,000
persons, should not have to go out
of town to find a police chief who
will enforce the laws.
He is a life member of the Ocean
Bay Masonic Lodge of Miami Beach.
He is a Shriner, an Elk, an Odd
Fellow and an active member of
the Miami Beach Junior Chamber
of Commerce. Senior Chamber of
Commerce, Miami Beach Business
Men's Association and the Method-
ist °lurch.
Frink and his wife reside at 1100
Miami, Beach
Mayors Meet,
Then jThe Eat'
11d [h mW4,5Mlami
say PArff }fe" met t e mayor of
Miami Beach?
"I know you," said Mayor
Perrine Palmer, jr., of Miami.
"You used to operate the Pig.
.Trail Inn, the barbecue stand on
Fifth st., Miami Beach."
'That' s onded
Mayor Herbert Frink o ifaml
ere."
"Yep,' was the response of
Miami's mayor. "I used to play
soft ball with the Stembler,
Adams and 'Frazier Insurapce
team. We'd play at Flamingo
park and after the game go to
your place for hot dogs and ham-
burgers. That was a good many
years ago."
The two mayors met in The
Herald building Monday. Then
they went to lunch together to
get better acquainted.
They agreed, among other
things, that there was no reason
for disagreement between the
'governmental units of the two
cities; that public officeholders
in similar positions in the two
cities should meet with each
other to discuss mutual prob-
lems and that both 'cities can
profit from an interchange of ad-
ministrative ideas.
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Topples Into Ravine
MEXICO CITY, May 20. (INS)—
Five persons were killed and 23 in-
jured Tuesday when a bus crowded
with workers and their families left
the road and toppled into a ravine?
near Tequila, Guadalajara. Survi-
vors said the bus failed to make a
turn while traveling at high speed.
Jefferson avenue with their 6 -year-
old son, Herbert A., jr.