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Veteran turns WWII veteran turns hobby into model shop venture
A 19 year old Dothan veteran Devon Co Vann formerly a seaman second class opened a model airplane shop at 110 South Oates Street after turning a childhood hobby into a sideline business. He organized a model airplane club with the Exchange Club and area schools and plans a Wiregrass meet for youngsters. Vann is married to Mary Frances Ingram, helps his contractor father as clerk and bookkeeper, and studies architecture at night.
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Devon Co
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South Appletree Street
Uncle Sam's Navy
South Oates Street
Navy
Exchange Club
First Presbyterian Church
Robert Morris
Mary Frances Ingram
Devon Colen Vann
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