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F-l 'MIL ClassifiedF2-1 0 Sunday, August 3Q, 1992 Produced by the Herald Review Advertising Division AsbSthe Experts 0 Why should I use a travel agency? 1 i i 1 A Michelle Nurnberger, a travel con-q sultant at Roan Travel, says, "Travel agencies can save you money, time and frustration. The travel agencies have access to all the airline Amtrak prices and availability. At one glance i I ir we can give you a schedule that meets your needs. "Full service agencies can save you time, as your time is valuable. You tell us what type of vacation you are looking for, your budget and day of travel.

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Travel agencies serve the public and the travel industry. "You can think of us as a salesperson for the travel industry and they in turn pay a commission to us for selling their product." I 1, i li nil '1 ii 1rw i 2Z LLZ 1yZ. Jr? Photo bv Karl FloVd ELVIS' BIRTHPLACE. The future king of rock 'n' roll was born in this two-room house, which stands near the new Elvis Presley Museum in Tupelo, Miss. AIRLINE COmTjf AA American Airlines Jf TW Trans World Airlines LS US Air T1 AIR FARES BO ft) Hire to COM Roundtrip from Decatur Qowest available fares) CITY A new museum in Tupelo, recalls the singer's roots By FRED WHOBREY For the Herald Review Everyone wants his youth back.

I here I was in Tupelo, for the Atlanta $180 $520 Chicago (O'Hare) $100 $280 AA, US Dallas $180 $520 AA.TW Denver $210 $600 AA.TW Las Vegas-'- $200 $560 Los Angeles $280 $800 AA.TVV, US New York (LaGuardia) $170 $500 AA.TW.US Orlando $210 $600 AA.TW.US Phoenix $200 $680 AA, TW, US -Washington, P-C, $180 $520 Lowest fares are subject to specific airlines, days of travel or ticket purchase deadlines. Other restrictions may apply. Fares arc subject to change without notice. Does not include any surcharges. Inside the museum, they saw a surprisingly large assortment, including many items Janelle had received from her friend Elvis or members of the Presley family: A hammer used by Elvis' father, Vernon, to build the birthplace.

The hammer was given to Janelle by Vernon. Elvis' chair from Graceland along with a nightstand, ashtray, Hava-Tampa Jewels (a favorite Elvis transports you to the time when you were 15 or 16 years old. Visiting Tupelo re-creates your teen years." Fred Whobrey 'grand opening of the Elvis Presley Museum. I had known and traded Elvis keep Source: Decatur Airport chart Elvis -GountryMmp Tupelo lite sniD lite5 for something you want to add to your collection. Elvis' mentor and manager Col.

Tom Parker commercialized Elvis endlessly, with mountains of merchandise issued with his likeness. Formerly in my Decatur home and now on display at the museum are bracelets, necklaces, an overnight case, a lipstick tube and a scarf, all imprinted with Elvis' name, and old 45 and 78 records now worth up to $100 each. Some of these cost only pennies in the 1950s. A tube of lipstick called "Love Me Tender Pink" originally sold for 59 cents. Now it's worth $450.

AS AN ELVIS FAN of long standing, I was invited by Janelle to supervise security for the grand opening, which not only drew visitors from Great Britain and the United States but also busloads from Sweden and Japan. cigar of Elvis) and pipes still filled with his tobacco. The shirt a tropical design of white flowers with red centers on a blue black-ground that he wore in the 1970 film "Elvis That's the Way It Is." This is one of For calamity lovers the authors of The New Roadside America' offer these vacation spots: Map 1935 Hurricane Victims Monument (Islamorada Key.ffij Peshtigo Fire Museum (Peshtigo, Wl) Meteor Crater (Leeup, AZ) Madison River Earthquake Area (West Yellowstone, MT) Mount St. Helens National Viva Elvis Volcanic Monument Visitors sakes with the museum's founder, Janelle McComb, for 20 years. As the museum opened its doors Aug.

8 for the first public viewing, I witnessed an unforgettable sight: Eleven tour buses pulled up, and out stepped fans of Elvis from Great Britain. They had traveled thousands of miles and saved their money for a year or more to finance this visit to the birthplace of the king of rock 'n' roll. As they entered and later emerged from the museum, many wiped away tears. It was a dramatic moment for them and for me. The visitors then traveled to Memphis for special events marking the 15th anniversary of Elvis' death.

DESPITE HIS GREAT success, Elvis never forgot his roots in Tupelo, where he was born in 1935 in a two-room house built by his day laborer father for $180. Located near the museum, the house is open to the public. With a washtub that doubled as a bathtub in the kitchen, it is a long way from the opulence of Graceland, Elvis' mansion in Memphis. Elvis at the height of his success would drive to Tupelo to visit Janelle and talk about the old days. It was here that Elvis' beloved mother picked cotton to aid the impoverished Presley family during the Great Depression.

These journeys to his birthplace restored him. This new museum is definitely a place you should visit if you are an Elvis fan. You can't see the whole history of Elvis without going to Tupelo, where it all began. Janelle, now 67, remembers Elvis as a toddler. "Everyone knew everybody else in Tupelo then.

It was no big deal. Certainly no one knew he would become world famous." IT SEEMS LIKE yesterday that I was a teen in the Fifties listening to Elvis' first big hit, "Heartbreak -Hotel." Many years later, I served as president of the Elvis Presley Memorial Foundation, an international group dedicated to maintaining Elvis' memory. It was through my Elvis activities that I met Janelle, whose dream was to open a museum of Elvis memorabilia. She invited me to help coordinate exhibits, and I was surprised and excited to see that some of the items I had swapped with her over the years now are on display. Swapping is a favorite pastime of Elvis fans.

Typically, you trade an item you have in duplicate LYCenter (Spirit Lake, WA) i Jm f-. -V Source: Simon Schuster GrapnJodi Keck MISERY LOVES COMPANY: Calamities are part of our history and they also draw tourists, as authors Doug Kirby, Ken Smith and Mike Wilkins found. the most famous shirts Elvis ever wore, probably because it was photographed so much. In fact, there's a picture in the museum of Elvis wearing that shirt. Janelle says that Elvis "just gave me the shirt one day.

It was kind of like I just gave a pantsuit I outgrew to my sister. He was very generous with his -giving. He gave many, many things to many people. I just happened to hold onto everything he gave me." Jumpsuits Elvis wore in concerts. Unpublished candid shots of Elvis as a child, including one on a bicycle.

Microphones used by Elvis at recording sessions. "I never realized what I had until the museum opened," Janelle says. "My family referred to my keepsakes as 'Mama's Elvis stuff for years. But when everything is put together it's a magical story." STILL, SHE KEEPS ELVIS in perspective. "Personally I do not see Elvis as an icon," she says.

"He was a friend as well as a genius, with personal problems that have been widely publicized. But when you see a van Gogh painting, you forget the artist cut off his ear in a fit of madness. "I have walked in his shadow many years, but I also can step out of it and enjoy my own life as a wife, mother and grandmother." My impression of the museum is that it is a place of light, not darkness that you find in some museums. Elvis comes to life here, and that is how it should be. FRED WHOBREY is national sales manager for the Herald Review.

He is a member of two Elvis Presley fan clubs Burning Love and Taking Care of Business. (The latter derives its name from Elvis' personal motto.) fl WHAT: Elvis Presley Museum. WHERE: Located in Elvis Presley Park in Tupelo, about a 90-minute drive from his mansion Graceland in Memphis, Tenn. OPEN: From 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Monday through Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday year-round. Closed Christmas Day. ADMISSION: $4 for adults; $2 for children age 4 to 1 under age 4, free. OTHER ATTRACTIONS: On the same site are Elvis Presley's birthplace, a two-room cottage (bedroom and kitchen) built by his father, Vernon; a gift shop, picnic pavilion, memorial chapel and walking trail.

Admission to the birthplace is $1 for adults and 50 cents for age 1 to 1 2. Hours are the same as the Elvis Presley Museum. fl NOTABLE: Before the opening of the museum on Aug. 8, the birthplace averaged 60,000 visitors a year. That number is expected to double with the addition of the museum, located in a former community center.

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