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S. A. Nathan

S. A. Nathan was Chapel Hill's municipal health officer, and in 1932 he directed a county campaign of free diphtheria and typhoid shots for children. When he went on part time on July 1, 1932, he opened a veterinary hospital and boarding kennels on the Durham road.

Source: DigitalNC: Chapel Hill Weekly, May 27, 1932, p. 1

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StorylineDairying and clean milk around Chapel Hill, 1920–19321920–1932 · 8 events · Falling cotton prices and the boll weevil turned farmers in southern Orange County to dairying in the 1920s, and the price of Chapel Hill's milk twice went before citizens' committees. After the high school's agriculture teacher helped 37 farmers buy purebred Jersey cattle, they formed a breeders' club. By 1927 C. H. Weaver had built a pasteurizing plant at his Oak Grove Dairy, and a government inspector tested more than 400 cows for tuberculosis. When the dairymen together raised milk from 15 to 20 cents a quart in 1928, wide protest brought agreement on 17 1/2 cents. In 1932 a second committee recommended 12 1/2 cents, though the aldermen set no price. StorylineChapel Hill and its dogs, 1923–19481923–1948 · 13 events · For a quarter century Chapel Hill and Orange County contended with stray dogs and repeated outbreaks of rabies, answering each with muzzles, leashes, quarantines and the shooting of dogs at large. In 1926 an outbreak put fifteen people under the Pasteur treatment, a course of rabies vaccine injections, and the aldermen ordered loose dogs muzzled and leashed or shot. Police shot loose dogs in 1929, and from 1932 a town pound killed unclaimed dogs. The county began vaccinating dogs in 1936, and outbreaks brought quarantines in 1937, 1940 and 1941. In 1948, with about 8,000 dogs thought unvaccinated, the commissioners ordered vaccination checks in every community. StorylineChapel Hill’s nurse for Black residents, 1924–19411924–1941 · 29 events · Nurse A. D. Compton carried most of the health work among Chapel Hill's Black residents from 1924, with her salary paid from tuberculosis-seal money, the town, the Red Cross and Black residents. She visited homes, examined schoolchildren, gave typhoid inoculations and held baby clinics. Her support was often in doubt: by December 1927 the Red Cross could no longer give its share, Black citizens organized a canvass for theirs in 1929, and in 1930 the tuberculosis fund could pledge support only until June. From 1927 a yearly football game, run by the University YMCA, raised money for her. In 1939 she wrote in the Weekly of the change from wells and privies to sewer, town water and clinics. StorylineChapel Hill's most valuable citizen award, 1935–19421935–1942 · 5 events · From 1935 the Carolina Theatre gave an annual trophy to Chapel Hill's most valuable citizen, chosen by a committee. The first winner, Mrs. R. B. Lawson, was cited for years of aid to the poor through the King's Daughters and volunteer relief work. Automobile dealer Bruce Strowd won in 1937 for his work for the town's schoolchildren, and on unemployment and the county welfare board. Harry F. Comer of the University YMCA won for 1938, and R. M. Grumman of the University extension division and Mrs. Grumman, until recently a librarian and teacher at the Carrboro school, in 1939. In January 1942 the trophy, then given by the Carolina and Pick theatres, went to Mrs. Robert H. Wettach.

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  1. The town and the University form a joint sanitary board and hire a health officer for Chapel Hill The University and the town of Chapel Hill organized a joint sanitary board headed by Dr. Eric A. Abernethy to inspect dairies, water, food and eating places, and retained Dr. S. A. Nathan, a veterinarian who had done the same work for New Hanover and Craven counties, for one year from about January 1. Dairies, restaurants and boardinghouses were to be licensed and regularly inspected, using testing equipment the University installed in Phillips Hall. People: Eric A. Abernethy, S. A. Nathan Place: Chapel Hill · Also mentions: Phillips HallSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), December 22, 1921, p. 1
  2. Smallpox appears in Chapel Hill and the health officer urges vaccination Health officer S. A. Nathan warned that there was smallpox in Chapel Hill and urged anyone not recently vaccinated to see a doctor or the health department, citing federal figures that smallpox was rare where school vaccination was required. People: S. A. Nathan Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), March 2, 1922, p. 4
  3. Federal inspectors test Chapel Hill's dairy herds for tuberculosis Two United States veterinary inspectors gave the tuberculin test to about 250 cows in the ten dairies supplying Chapel Hill milk, arranged by town health officer S. A. Nathan. The Weekly reported that not one cow was found infected, which it credited to the town's rule that every cow selling milk in town be tested. People: S. A. Nathan Place: Dairies supplying Chapel Hill (Harwood, Weaver, Womble, Sparrow and others)Search the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, July 12, 1923, p. 1
  4. Black residents along Church Street press the town for water and sewers Black residents of the Church Street section had petitioned the town more than once for water mains and sewers, offering to pay the fees, after health officer S. A. Nathan found nearly all their surface wells polluted. The town passed the request to the University, which supplied the water and planned to extend it once the new Morgan Creek supply was built. People: S. A. Nathan, John S. Bennett Place: Church Street, behind the old Baptist church, Chapel HillThe Chapel Hill Weekly, August 9, 1923, p. 1
  5. 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. Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, August 21, 1924, p. 1 (Nathan vs. Mosquitoes)
  6. Chapel Hill's board of health offers free well-water tests to town and country families After the floods, the Chapel Hill board of health under S. A. Nathan offered free testing of well water to any family in town or the country around, supplying sterile bottles and reporting within 24 hours, to guard against typhoid from wells polluted by surface water. People: S. A. Nathan Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, August 21, 1924, p. 3
  7. Chapel Hill's health department counts 40 cows in town and 199 on its supplying dairies A census by the town health department found 40 cows inside the corporate limits and 199 on the seven dairy farms that sold Chapel Hill milk and cream, about 397 gallons a day. Health officer S. A. Nathan tested each dairy's milk at least every ten days, and the town had traced no case of typhoid to Chapel Hill in three years. People: S. A. Nathan Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, September 25, 1924, p. 4
  8. The Chapel Hill school board requires smallpox vaccination for every entering pupil The school board resolved that every child entering the Chapel Hill School that year must show a recent smallpox vaccination scar or be vaccinated on entering. Dr. S. A. Nathan offered to vaccinate free all who applied, and families could instead have their own physician do it with points supplied by the health department. People: N. W. Walker, S. A. Nathan Place: Chapel Hill School, Chapel HillSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), September 4, 1924, p. 4
  9. Chapel Hill health officer announces the first dairy grades under the state standard milk ordinance Health officer S. A. Nathan announced the first grades under the State Board of Health's standard milk ordinance, which the town had adopted in place of its old dairy rules. Six dairies, including the South Side Dairy of Carrboro, made grade A, one was graded C, and every bottle or can had to carry its grade. People: S. A. Nathan Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, September 4, 1925, p. 1
  10. 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. Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, December 11, 1925, p. 1 (Dr. Nathan Will Keep Post Here)
  11. Chapel Hill orders all dogs muzzled and leashed after a rabid dog attack At an emergency meeting the aldermen ordered that from midnight Sunday every dog off its owner's premises be both muzzled and leashed, on pain of being shot by the police and a $50 fine for the owner. Three days earlier a rabid dog had bitten a Black resident on the southwest edge of town, who began the Pasteur treatment, and a child had been bitten at the post office. People: S. A. Nathan Place: Municipal building, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, February 19, 1926, p. 1
  12. Chapel Hill's aldermen vote town money toward the Black public health nurse The aldermen voted $37.50 a month toward the salary of the town's Black public health nurse, on condition that the Black community make up its $125 shortfall from the year before. The Black community was to give $25 a month and the Red Cross and the tuberculosis seal fund $37.50, all paid through the town, with the nurse working under the health officer. People: R. D. W. Connor, S. A. Nathan Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, March 5, 1926, p. 1
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  1. Two smallpox cases are found in Chapel Hill Health officer S. A. Nathan found two cases of smallpox in a Black household on Sunshine Avenue at the northwest edge of town, near the Carrboro line. He quarantined the two patients and had the rest of the family vaccinated. People: S. A. Nathan Place: Sunshine Avenue, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, March 19, 1926, p. 1
  2. Rabies spreads among Chapel Hill dogs; fifteen people take the Pasteur treatment By mid-March more rabid dogs had been found in Chapel Hill and fifteen people were taking the Pasteur injections. One dog killed on a farm northwest of town was known to have bitten 17 other dogs, and a family's pet puppy had bitten a mother and two children. People: S. A. Nathan Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, March 19, 1926, p. 1
  3. Orange County Training School students show their Red Cross home nursing training On May 12, 1926, five girls who had finished the Red Cross home nursing course under Nurse Compton showed their bed-making, bandaging and care of the sick at the Orange County Training School, Chapel Hill's Black school, along with a fashion show of dresses made in its domestic science classes. The Weekly reported that the town government had taken over part of the nurse's salary, first paid by the Red Cross, the tuberculosis seal fund and Black residents, making her a town employee under health officer S. A. Nathan. People: S. A. Nathan Place: Orange County Training School, Chapel Hill · Also named: Nurse Compton, ComptonThe Chapel Hill Weekly, May 14, 1926, p. 1
  4. Whooping cough spreads through Chapel Hill and Carrboro Municipal health officer S. A. Nathan reported whooping cough in six homes in Chapel Hill and six in Carrboro, with more cases than homes, and reminded parents that sick children had to stay out of school and public gatherings for 28 days. By late April the outbreak was abating, with quarantine signs left on five or six houses. People: S. A. Nathan Place: Chapel Hill and CarrboroSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, April 15, 1927, p. 1
  5. A federal veterinarian tests Chapel Hill's dairy herds for tuberculosis Dr. A. A. Husman, a United States government inspector, gave the intradermal tuberculin test to all the cows in the dairies selling milk in Chapel Hill, more than 400 animals, injecting 372 on August 30 and the rest the next day. He told the town health officer, Dr. S. A. Nathan, that he found the dairies in good condition as to cleanliness. People: S. A. Nathan Place: Dairies supplying Chapel Hill · Also named: A. A. HusmanSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, September 2, 1927, p. 1
  6. Health officer Nathan orders drinking glasses out of use at Chapel Hill soda fountains On October 4 Dr. S. A. Nathan, Chapel Hill's health officer, ordered the drugstore fountains to stop serving drinks in glasses, and customers were served in paraffined paper cups instead. Louis Graves wrote in his column that the order followed the law but was more sanitation than suited him. People: S. A. Nathan Place: Drugstore soda fountains, Franklin Street, Chapel Hill · Also named: Louis GravesSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, October 7, 1927, p. 1
  7. Chapel Hill's dairymen raise the price of milk from 15 to 20 cents a quart All the dairymen serving Chapel Hill raised the price of milk together from 15 to 20 cents a quart, citing dearer feed and cows and new pasteurizing and cooling equipment. The rise drew wide protest; the health officer feared it would cut milk drinking. People: S. A. Nathan Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, January 13, 1928, p. 1
  8. Chapel Hill dairymen and a citizens' committee agree on a lower milk price At a joint meeting with the mayor's citizens' committee, the dairymen agreed to sell milk at 17 1/2 cents a quart, 60 cents a gallon and 10 cents a pint for three months. The committee, which noted that a town ordinance kept residents from owning cows, also urged a dairymen's association and a permanent milk commission. People: Dudley Dewitt Carroll, Carl T. Durham, S. A. Nathan Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, January 27, 1928, p. 1
  9. Chapel Hill health officer publishes grades for the town's dairies Under the standard milk ordinance drawn from the U.S. Public Health Service code, health officer Dr. S. A. Nathan graded the dairies supplying Chapel Hill and published the list. Six dairies, among them the Carrboro Southside Dairy, were rated grade A raw milk and two grade A pasteurized, and every bottle had to carry its grade label. People: S. A. Nathan Place: Chapel Hill and CarrboroSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, October 5, 1928, p. 6
  10. County board of health names Dr. S. A. Nathan quarantine officer Meeting in Hillsborough in the first week of January 1929, the Orange County board of health appointed Dr. S. A. Nathan, the county coroner and Chapel Hill health officer, as county quarantine officer. It planned to choose a county health officer and discuss a county hospital to replace the county home. People: R. H. Claytor, John Hodge Hanner Place: HillsboroughSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, January 18, 1929, p. 1
  11. W. P. Berry serves on the Orange County Board of Commissioners W. P. Berry, a Democrat and a Little River township farmer, served three terms on the Orange County Board of Commissioners. Dr. S. A. Nathan took his seat in December 1936 after Berry ran for the state House instead. People: W. P. Berry, S. A. Nathan Place: Orange CountySearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 359
  12. The Junior Order council at Chapel Hill grows to 109 members and sets up a jobs committee Davie Council No. 52 of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics grew from 20 to 109 members in three months and appointed a vocation committee to find work for members out of jobs, while another committee collected clothing for the poor of Chapel Hill and the country around it. People: Luther James Phipps, S. A. Nathan, John M. Foushee, Clarence P. Hinshaw, B. J. Howard Place: Chapel HillThe Chapel Hill Weekly, March 28, 1930, p. 6
  13. Community Club tuberculosis clinic examines 65 white and Black residents A free tuberculosis clinic arranged by the Community Club's health committee examined 65 people in the basement of the Chapel Hill school building, white residents the first three days and Black residents the last three. The examiners found 52 negative, 5 suspected, 5 probable and 3 positive cases, two of the positives among Black patients. People: S. A. Nathan Place: Chapel Hill school building, West Franklin Street, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, July 4, 1930, p. 5
  14. Chapel Hill's health officer publishes the grades of the town's milk dealers On September 11, 1930, health officer S. A. Nathan published the grades of Chapel Hill's milk under the Standard Milk Ordinance adopted in 1925: six dairies, among them the Carrboro Southside Dairy, sold Grade A raw milk, and two sold Grade A pasteurized. People: S. A. Nathan Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, September 12, 1930, p. 8
  15. German measles and then red measles spread through Chapel Hill and Carrboro Health officer S. A. Nathan counted 135 cases of German measles in Chapel Hill and Carrboro between January 26 and late March, the town manager among them. In early April the regular red measles followed, with nine Chapel Hill children reported and more than 1,600 cases in Durham County; Nathan urged parents to keep suspected cases out of school under a 14-day quarantine. People: S. A. Nathan Place: Chapel Hill and CarrboroSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, March 27, 1931, p. 6
  16. S. A. Nathan plans a veterinary hospital on the Durham road The Chapel Hill Weekly reported in May 1932 that Dr. S. A. Nathan, who was to go on part time as Chapel Hill's municipal health officer on July 1, would open a veterinary hospital and boarding kennels on the Durham road between Chapel Hill and the one-mile bridge. By 1936 the Weekly mentioned a dog boarding at Dr. Nathan's hospital. Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, May 27, 1932, p. 1 (Dr. Nathan's Animal Hospital) · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, June 12, 1936, p. 1
  17. 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. Place: Orange CountySearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, May 27, 1932, p. 1 (Inoculation Campaign) · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, June 10, 1932, p. 1
  18. 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. Nathan Place: Chapel HillThe Chapel Hill Weekly, July 1, 1932, p. 1 (Water Here Not Causing Typhoid, Says Abernethy)
  19. A farmer in the Bethlehem church section kills three people and himself On the morning of September 9, 1932 a farmer of the Bethlehem church section of Orange County shot a young man of the neighborhood, who died the next day in a Burlington hospital, then killed his wife and seventeen-year-old daughter at home and himself. Coroner S. A. Nathan held an inquiry and called it murder and suicide. People: S. A. Nathan Place: Bethlehem church section, Orange CountySearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, September 16, 1932, p. 4
  20. An outbreak of sudden abdominal illness spreads in Chapel Hill Health officer S. A. Nathan reported an epidemic of sudden abdominal and chest pain with fever and vomiting, lasting four to seven days, which he and the town's doctors diagnosed as a form of intestinal intoxication spread like influenza. He said it was not connected with the water or milk supply and was on the wane. People: S. A. Nathan Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, July 6, 1934, p. 1
  21. Chapel Hill orders loose dogs killed after a rabid dog roams Carrboro A rabid dog ran loose in Carrboro, and possibly in Chapel Hill, from August 17 to 19, 1934, until a resident shot it, and the state laboratory confirmed rabies the next day. Mayor John M. Foushee, after conferring with health officer S. A. Nathan and alderman Clyde Eubanks, ordered the police to kill every dog at large without a muzzle or leash under the town ordinance, and the Carrboro police killed several dogs. People: S. A. Nathan, Clyde Eubanks, John M. Foushee Place: Carrboro and Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, August 24, 1934, p. 1
  22. A Chapel Hill health conference hears the Black school's principal report hungry and ill-clad pupils At a citizens' health conference in the school auditorium on November 15, 1934, called by town health officer S. A. Nathan, the principal of the Black school, Mr. Holmes, reported that 144 of his pupils had no milk to drink, 86 had no midday meal, 52 came to school poorly clothed, 124 had bad teeth and 90 bad eyes. The meeting discussed mosquito and fly control, inspection of swimming pools, a survey of the blind and crippled with an orthopedic clinic, tuberculosis clinics, and examinations of household servants, and named Dr. Nathan, Mrs. Paul Green, Mrs. H. D. Crockford and Mrs. C. W. Shields to coordinate the work. People: S. A. Nathan, Harold M. Holmes Place: Chapel Hill school auditorium · Also named: Mrs. Paul Green, Mrs. H. D. CrockfordSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 23, 1934, p. 1
  23. State Sanatorium clinic gives tuberculin tests to 1,267 people in Chapel Hill and Carrboro Dr. H. F. Easom of the State Sanatorium tested schoolchildren and adults, white and Black, in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, and 288 of the 308 who reacted were x-rayed at the University Infirmary. In the schools 17.7 per cent of 534 Chapel Hill pupils, 11.6 per cent of 317 Carrboro pupils and 21.8 per cent of 306 pupils at the Black school reacted; seven people, four of them Black children, were advised to go to the sanatorium. People: S. A. Nathan Place: Chapel Hill and Carrboro schools; University Infirmary, Chapel Hill · Also named: H. F. Easom · Also mentions: University InfirmarySearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, March 1, 1935, p. 4
  24. Chapel Hill bars young children from swimming pools as infantile paralysis spreads With infantile paralysis spreading in eastern North Carolina, health officer S. A. Nathan and University physician W. R. Berryhill had signs posted at Sparrow's and Hogan's pools and the University Lake pool barring children under 15. Parents were asked to keep small children from the movies, and Sunday school classes for small children were dropped. No case had yet appeared in Orange County. People: S. A. Nathan, W. Reece Berryhill, Clyde Eubanks Place: Swimming pools near Chapel HillThe Chapel Hill Weekly, June 21, 1935, p. 1
  25. Infantile paralysis strikes children in Carrboro and Chapel Hill Two Black children in Carrboro came down with infantile paralysis on July 18, a Chapel Hill boy on July 23 and another Black child in Carrboro on July 27, and their families were quarantined. Fearing the epidemic, the University summer session called off gatherings open to visitors, and Black congregations in Carrboro called off a Sunday school convention and a revival. People: S. A. Nathan Place: Carrboro and Chapel HillThe Chapel Hill Weekly, August 2, 1935, p. 1
  26. S. A. Nathan wins a place on the Orange County Board of Commissioners ticket In the Democratic primary Nathan finished second of six candidates for the three county commissioner places, behind Carl T. Durham. People: Carl T. Durham Place: Orange CountySearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, June 12, 1936, p. 1 (county returns)
  27. Orange County gives Roosevelt and the Democratic ticket large majorities Orange County voted 3,489 to 1,506 for Franklin D. Roosevelt over Alf Landon and elected the whole Democratic county ticket, among them S. W. Andrews as register of deeds and John H. Hanner, Carl T. Durham and Dr. S. A. Nathan as county commissioners. The new board met in Hillsborough on December 7, re-elected Hanner chairman and named A. H. Graham county attorney; Nathan took the seat of W. P. Berry. People: Carl T. Durham, S. A. Nathan, Alexander H. "Sandy" Graham, Samuel Weldon Andrews, W. P. Berry, John Hodge Hanner Place: Orange County precincts; court house, Hillsborough · Also named: Franklin D. RooseveltSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, November 6, 1936, p. 1
  28. Rabies breaks out among Chapel Hill dogs From early January several dogs in and near Chapel Hill were found to have rabies, and eight people who had been bitten or exposed took the Pasteur treatment. The police were told to kill dogs without a current license tag, the state department of agriculture put Chapel Hill and its vicinity under quarantine, and in late February the health department kept the quarantine in force for about two more months after another case. People: William P. Richardson, S. A. Nathan Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, January 29, 1937, p. 1
  29. Orange County commissioners hold off on a liquor-store election With the new county-option law passed and Durham County moving to vote on liquor stores, the Orange County commissioners did not take up the question at their March meeting; commissioners Carl Durham and S. A. Nathan said there was no public demand for an election yet, though one might come if Durham and Alamance opened stores. People: S. A. Nathan, John Hodge Hanner, Carl T. Durham Place: Orange County Courthouse, HillsboroughThe Chapel Hill Weekly, March 5, 1937, p. 1
  30. Orange commissioners raise the county tax rate to 95 cents to meet Social Security costs The county commissioners set the 1937 rate at 95 cents per $100, up 7 cents; the Weekly reported the whole increase was the levy for the county's share of the new Social Security payments to the aged, dependent children and the blind. With Chapel Hill's $1.65, town residents paid a combined $2.60. People: S. A. Nathan, John Hodge Hanner, Carl T. Durham Place: Court house, HillsboroughSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, August 20, 1937, p. 1
  31. 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: Bruce Strowd, S. A. Nathan Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: W. M. Pugh, Mrs. Isaac ManningSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, December 24, 1937, p. 1 (Strowd Is Valuable)
  32. Orange County commissioners offer 200 acres for the state's veterans hospital The county commissioners said they would provide 200 acres free as the site for the Veterans Hospital to be built in North Carolina. The Chapel Hill Rotary Club endorsed the offer and named a committee to present the county's advantages. People: S. A. Nathan Place: Orange CountySearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, March 11, 1938, p. 1
  33. Orange Democrats nominate Carl Durham, J. Ed Laws and Ben F. Wilson for county commissioners In a primary fought between two informal slates, Ben F. Wilson (2,213), Carl T. Durham (2,201) and J. Ed Laws (2,071) won the three Democratic nominations for the Orange County board, defeating incumbent Dr. S. A. Nathan (1,492), Robert O. Forrest (1,360), T. J. Wilkerson (1,040) and James H. Whitted (186). People: Carl T. Durham, S. A. Nathan, Ben F. Wilson, Robert O. Forrest Place: Orange County · Also named: J. Ed Laws, T. J. WilkersonSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, June 10, 1938, p. 1
  34. Orange Democrats choose John W. Umstead Jr. for the state House and keep their county commissioners In the Democratic primary John W. Umstead Jr. won the nomination for the House with 2,085 votes to 993 for Roland McClamroch and 418 for Raymond Stainback, losing only the South Chapel Hill precinct. Commissioners Collier Cobb Jr., J. Edd Laws and Ben F. Wilson were renominated over Dr. S. A. Nathan, and Orange gave Congressman Carl Durham 2,991 votes to 422 for his three opponents. People: Collier Cobb Jr., S. A. Nathan, Carl T. Durham, Roland P. McClamroch, John W. Umstead Jr., Ben F. Wilson Place: Orange County · Also named: Roland McClamroch, Raymond Stainback, J. Edd LawsSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, May 31, 1940, p. 1
  35. Orange County holds rabies vaccination clinics for dogs Under a 1941 state law requiring every dog to be vaccinated, the county's new rabies inspectors held clinics at rural schools and crossroads across the county and then in Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsboro, charging 75 cents a dog. By late April they had vaccinated almost 700 dogs in the rural areas, and a separate clinic for the dogs of Black owners was held at the Orange County Training School. People: S. A. Nathan, William P. Richardson Place: Orange Grove, White Cross, Caldwell, St. Mary's, West Hillsboro, Murphy, Aycock, Efland, Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsboro · Also mentions: Orange County Training SchoolSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, April 24, 1942, p. 1
  36. 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. Nathan Place: Nathan Veterinary Hospital, 1217 East Franklin Street (Durham road), Chapel Hill · Also named: L. L. VineSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, July 4, 1947, p. 5 · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, April 4, 1947, p. 7
  37. 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. Nathan Place: 1215 East Franklin Street (Durham road on Strowd Hill), Chapel Hill · Also named: Marx Nathan · Also mentions: Curve InnSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, July 4, 1947, p. 8 · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, July 4, 1947, p. 4
  38. Chapel Hill aldermen revoke the Curve Inn building permit after Strowd Hill residents protest After a heated hearing at which Strowd Hill residents and their lawyer called the expanding Curve Inn and Dance Patio a nuisance in a residential zone, the aldermen voted 5-0 to have the building inspector revoke the alteration permit. The order was served the next morning on owner Dr. S. A. Nathan, but work went on and an attorney spoke of a court suit. People: S. A. Nathan, Peter L. Burch Place: Curve Inn, Durham road on Strowd Hill, Chapel HillSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), July 12, 1951, p. 1
  39. 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. Nathan Place: 1217 East Franklin Street (Durham road), Chapel Hill · Also named: L. L. VineSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Weekly, September 12, 1952, p. 4 · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, October 31, 1952, p. 3

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Illustration by Caldecott Medalist Matthew Cordell, gifted to the Friends 2026