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1. Early twentieth century · 1900–1944

2. Summer 1924
   Chapel Hill Health officer S. A. Nathan leads a campaign against mosquitoes in Chapel Hill

   Through the summer of 1924 the Chapel Hill board of health, directed by Nathan, drained standing water and treated breeding places with oil mixed with kerosene. Nathan asked both white and Black residents to report breeding places and said mosquitoes had decreased across town.

3. December 1925
   Chapel Hill S. A. Nathan resigns as Chapel Hill health officer and stays after a raise

   Nathan handed in his resignation as the town's health officer in early December 1925 because of a better offer elsewhere. The board of health, which regarded his work as highly successful, arranged with the mayor and aldermen to raise his salary, and he stayed.

4. June 1932
   Orange County A five-week county campaign gives children free diphtheria and typhoid shots

   Beginning June 8, 1932, a five-week campaign to protect children against diphtheria and typhoid was held at school buildings across Orange County, with the county's physicians giving the inoculations without charge. Chapel Hill health officer S. A. Nathan directed it.

5. June 1932
   Health or relief action · Chapel Hill Hundreds take typhoid vaccine at Chapel Hill clinic after new cases

   After several new typhoid cases were reported in late June 1932, about 600 people received typhoid vaccine at the Chapel Hill public clinic in a single day, and the Infirmary gave the treatment on any day. Town health authorities said the water supply was not the source.

6. July 1932
   Chapel Hill S. A. Nathan opens a veterinary hospital on the Durham road

   On going to part time as Chapel Hill's municipal health officer on July 1, 1932, Nathan opened a veterinary hospital and boarding kennels on the Durham road between Chapel Hill and the one-mile bridge. He ran it until he sold it to his associate L. L. Vine in 1952.

7. June 1936
   Orange County S. A. Nathan wins a place on the Orange County Board of Commissioners ticket

   In the June 1936 primary Nathan finished second of six candidates for the three county commissioner places, behind Carl T. Durham. By early 1937 he and Durham were the board's two Chapel Hill members.

8. December 20, 1937
   Chapel Hill Bruce Strowd is named Chapel Hill's most valuable citizen

   The Carolina Theatre's yearly trophy for the town's most valuable citizen went to automobile dealer Bruce Strowd, chosen by Dr. S. A. Nathan, Mrs. Isaac Manning and W. M. Pugh. The committee cited his work for the town's schoolchildren, the free rides he gave rural children coming to school, his help with unemployment and his work on the county welfare board.

9. Civil rights era · 1945–1975

10. July 4, 1947
    Founding or opening · Nathan Veterinary Hospital, 1217 East Franklin Street (Durham road), Chapel Hill The Navine boarding kennels open at the Nathan Veterinary Hospital

    Drs. S. A. Nathan and L. L. Vine opened 36 heated cinder-block kennels, each with its own indoor and outdoor run, at their animal hospital on the Durham road. The name joined their two surnames.

11. July 1947
    Founding or opening · 1215 East Franklin Street (Durham road on Strowd Hill), Chapel Hill Dr. S. A. Nathan opens the Curve Inn, a curb-service stand on Strowd Hill

    Dr. S. A. Nathan opened the Curve Inn, a curb-service place on the Durham road halfway down Strowd Hill, with his son Marx as co-manager. It sold beer, sandwiches and fried chicken and was known for the pronto pup, a batter-dipped hot dog.

12. September 1, 1952
    Property or economic transaction · 1217 East Franklin Street (Durham road), Chapel Hill Dr. L. L. Vine buys the Nathan Veterinary Hospital and renames it

    Dr. S. A. Nathan and Dr. L. L. Vine dissolved their partnership, and Vine, who had worked with Nathan for some years, took over the animal hospital on the Durham road as the Vine Veterinary Hospital.

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