A Collection of Memories
It all began in 1969 just two
months after she was married to
her husband Dallas. Lois Thomas
and her husband hadn’t had a
honeymoon and they decided to
travel from their home in California
to Las Vegas to see an Elvis Presley
show. For just $25 Lois and Dallas
got dinner and a live Elvis show in
Las Vegas. Lois had with her what
would become the beginning of a
large collection, an Elvis handbag
and jacket.
After finishing their meal the
show was about to begin and Elvis
stepped out on stage. Women
throughout the room began to
scream and Dallas leaned over
to Lois saying, “Don’t you dare
scream.” Lois laughs thinking about it now and says she wasn’t
the type who would scream over such a thing but ever since that
night when Dallas told her not to, she screams. In fact most of
Lois’ Elvis collection irritates her husband. “Friends would buy
me things for my collection just to get a rise out of Dallas,” she
laughs. As many years as she has been collecting Dallas’ irritation
has waned and he seems to have accepted the inevitable just as
Lois’ additions have waned. “It
wasn’t nearly as much fun once
he stopped hollering about it
(the additions).” Lois admits that
unless she gets a larger room she
is no longer actively searching
for Elvis collectables, although
if something comes her way
there’s still a good chance she’ll
snatch it up. Such is the case
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