S. A. Nathan

Life and Orange County connections

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1. Summer 1924 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.Search the index · DigitalNC: Chapel Hill Weekly, August 21, 1924, p. 1 (Nathan vs. Mosquitoes)
2. December 1925 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.Search the index · DigitalNC: Chapel Hill Weekly, December 11, 1925, p. 1 (Dr. Nathan Will Keep Post Here)
3. June 1932 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.Search the index · DigitalNC: Chapel Hill Weekly, May 27, 1932, p. 1 (Inoculation Campaign)
4. June 1932 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. People: Eric A. Abernethy, S. A. NathanDigitalNC: The Chapel Hill Weekly, July 1, 1932, p. 1 (Water Here Not Causing Typhoid, Says Abernethy)
5. July 1932 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.Search the index · DigitalNC: Chapel Hill Weekly, May 27, 1932, p. 1 (Dr. Nathan's Animal Hospital)
6. June 1936 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. People: Carl T. DurhamSearch the index · DigitalNC: Chapel Hill Weekly, June 12, 1936, p. 1 (county returns)
7. December 20, 1937 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. People: S. A. NathanSearch the index · DigitalNC: Chapel Hill Weekly, December 24, 1937, p. 1 (Strowd Is Valuable)
8. July 4, 1947 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. People: S. A. NathanSearch the index · DigitalNC: Chapel Hill Weekly, July 4, 1947, p. 5
9. July 1947 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. People: S. A. NathanSearch the index · DigitalNC: Chapel Hill Weekly, July 4, 1947, p. 8
10. September 1, 1952 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. People: S. A. NathanSearch the index · DigitalNC: Chapel Hill Weekly, September 12, 1952, p. 4