Cosmopolis Grade School exterior — 6/18/1946 — #22470_1
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Photograph Copyright Anderson & Middleton Company
United States — Washington (State) — Cosmopolis
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Thanks to Sam Talley, who shares this story: "This is the Cosmopolis School. It went thru the 8th grade. In the 1950s we'd use a knife to release the gym door latch on an outside door so we could use the gym on week-ends when the weather was bad. There was no attendant present. We'd turn on the gym lights and play basketball with any of the 20 balls laying around. Sometimes there would be as many as twenty kids playing. When done we would turn off the lights and make sure the place was locked and secure. We never stole or damaged any property. School administrators and the police did not bother us. We all respected the trust given to us. We were proud to be from Cosmopolis, Washington"
Later in life, Mr. Talley was on the security team for Elvis Presley, and adds these details: "My wife and I met Elvis at the Seattle Worlds Fair and were in the movie "It Happened At the Worlds Fair" in 1963 as spectators when he marched and sang in a parade. We made friends because I did not pester him. I still have the Honda 50 that he drove in the movie. I was hired onto his venue security team for about 16 months after college. We'd sneak him in and out of appearance locations. I did not bring it up much in those days because people had so many questions. I at one time had a vanity auto licence plate that stated I NU LVS, but people would almost run me off the road to see if he was in the pickup with me. I took them off my truck but still have them put away. Believe it or not, I have even signed autographs for a few people who wanted to feel a connection with Elvis Presley. It's a crazy world. Its been a long time and people have forgot all the hoopala....
I loved my youth on the Harbor."
