serves me" and Elvis ordered the same lunch each day.

"A slice of watermelon and ice tea," Rottenborn said. "We also got our lunch and watched him spit the seeds out onto his plate. When he finished the meal the young women in the PX stole his silverware and picked up some of the seeds. As he prepared to exit, we all followed and got outside and my dad asked Elvis, "May we take some pictures of you and he said, 'Sure.'"

Rottenborn paused for a moment and said, "This is the most popular entertainer in the world standing patiently allowing my mother to take pictures on her small Brownie camera."

Joe's mom, Mary, took several black and white shots.

Rottenborn explained, "While he was standing there, Elvis asked me, 'What's thatyou're reading?' and I said, 'It's a book on baseball statistics.'"

It was the 1958 edition of Joe Reichler's "Book of Great Baseball Records." It cost 50 cents, Rottenborn said and Elvis asked, 'May I see it?' "I handed it to him and he began to flip through it."

One faded black and white picture taken by his mother clearly shows a 9-year-old Joe Rottenborn standing next to Elvis.

"He browsed through the magazine for about a minute or thereabouts. When he finished I asked, 'May I have your autograph?' He said, 'Sure.'

"And on that magazine, he signed the autograph and put 'Thanks, Elvis Presley' and coincidentally on a white block that said 'The Day the Fans Will Never Forget.' It certainly was a day I'll never forget. I still have