Show C CAROLINAS CAROLINA'S DIG BIG Dr Thurman Mann of High Point National Na- Na Vic Command Known Member If It one were to ask a Carolinan whom tie ho considered the best known American Ameri can Le Legion lon member In tho Tat Tar He Heel state he very ery likely would woul reply Dr Thurman Mann of High Point Doctor Mann who was elected as national national national na na- na- na vice rice commander of ot tho the American American Ameri Amen can Legion at the San Francisco convention convention con con- has had a n. lon long period o of servIe Ie Ic with the Legion Beginning as port member he passed through the posts of commander department service officer member of ot tho executive committee and other positions of ot Importance In Inthe tho the state organization Doctor Mann was born In Slier City CUr N. N 0 November 3 1883 1888 He Ho was educated In the school of ot High Point and entered Trinity college at Durham In 1005 1905 attending that institution for tor two years In 1009 1000 he attended the University of ot North Carolina l leaving that institution two years ears later to enter enter enter en en- ter Jefferson Medical college where he obtained a degree Following his his- his graduation graduation from irom from th the medical school he be served for tor twenty- twenty five months as an In Kings Kinge County hospital Brooklyn N. N Y This was followed by a period of ot service as ns ships ship's surgeon between New York and Porto Porte Rico On completion of ot this thia tour of ot duty Doctor Mann entered P ft t ii 1 1 Q tr r r VL Dr Thurman Mann practice at High Point where he lie remained remained re re- until 1918 when he ho enlisted In the Medical l corps of ot the army He was assigned to service with the Fourteenth division at Camp Custer and with other ph physicians labored under tinder under un un- der great reat difficulties during the In Influenza influenza u- u enza epidemic which swept the coun coun- try When he became commander of ot the High Point Legion post but 28 members members members mem mem- bers were on its roster As he left lett It after three years' years service as its leader he had brought the membership to As department service officer he succeeded In obtaining nearly a Quarter quarter quarter ter of ot a million dollars as compensation compensation tion for tor the men of his state |