In October, 1999, Elvis Presley
Enterprises, Inc., held an auction of over
2,000 items from Elvis Presley's Graceland
Archives. The auction benefited Presley
Place, a transitional housing development
located in Memphis, Tennessee.
The auction was held at the MGM Grand
Hotel in Las Vegas and conducted by the
noted auction house, Guernsey's. Included
in the auction were garments owned and
worn by Elvis, automobiles, furniture,
documents related to his career, including
contracts and correspondence. The very
first item, listed as item A-1, was Elvis'
6th grade report card and I was the
winning bidder of the item. |
Elvis attended Tupelo Junior High School during
the 1946-1947 school year. While Elvis earned
straight A's in spelling, his teacher was less
than excellent in the subject. Mrs. Dewey Camp
misspelled his name as "Elvis
Pressley" on the report card.
Elvis received D's in Arithmetic and Geography,
but not surprisingly, he ended up with an A in
music.
The moral of this story is that you don't have to
be excellent at everything, but you need to be
excellent at something. Elvis' report card has
helped me teach this very important lesson to my kids as they
grew up.
Thanks Elvis.
Jerry Presley |
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