of a hospital and then I was admitted to the hospital itself. Mark DeMoss Webmaster Gwilym C Price Son & Daughters Funeral Directors in Lampeter Mike was born in Portland, and, except for a few years in Nebraska during his childhood, he was a lifelong resident of Oregon. And so I didnt use the words saucepans, which would have also been odd. Now this was in 1988 and the Seminole depression was in 1986 when the price of oil collapsed. And Ive tried to find the house today, but I. And even with them, I thought if I tell them that we want to do a big project I thought that nobody would come, so I just didnt give any hint as to what to lunch with about. It was a little wooden frame house. Born April 2, 1948 in Middletown, NY he was the son of the late Martin and Anna (Flandera). Moran may be many things in America, but above all she was a girl who chose her own path and forced success to find her despite poverty, challenges and war. By this time I was 11 years old. Unfortunately there are wonderful, wonderful people in the Unites States who are kind and gentle and helpful and you get people who represent them like him. She was just shaking her head. Mike was proud to be in the first graduating class at Sunset High School . We ran into a hurricane, at sea, it was the wrong time of year to come across the ocean. And Im very proud of the fact that Seminole has a synagogue here. JE: So then Melvin, you were married in Tulsa? The Morans became patrons of the high school debate team and supported Seminole State College in numerous ways. She won numerous awards, so she instilled in her daughters the notion that hard work and talent could be their saving grace. But because of the depression of the oil price, this company was going broke. That was probably our first success. And I thought maybe I should go along that line, in humor. I was thinking good for him, what a great man he is. We didnt put it in the kitchen, which would have been much smarterwe put it in the living room. JE: Is it while you were there with the Air Force in England that you actually made your first visit to Israel? And so finally Jasmine was upset with him for not being as friendly. JE: Did she get as upset as you did about it when your name was put on the Museum? Become a Contributor Our family has all played on it and pretended that theyre driving in it and theyve done everything to it. That Peter Miles had never been to UCLA, never been in the American Air Force or worked in the American Embassy. Out in the middle of the desert whenever they would see a young man standing there in a uniform, they would stop and pick up the young man and take him on with them. My younger brother Sydney was born in St. Joseph for exactly the same reason. What theyre going to be thinking about Jewish people is how they perceive you. It was a crazy, wild boomtown. He had been eloquent then, but I think hes been very eloquent since. MM: Yes there was, right in the area where St. Johns Hospital expanded. Did you see movies? I met with PM Peres several times and during the times that I met with him he has been prime minister, hes been foreign minister, and he is presently president. And of course I dont kid myself that they really needed me for advice, but I was very honored to go. Dad bought it simply for the purpose of salvaging out the equipment. And so, this is inbred in you. I would send out 200 copies to 200 companies and people that might send some money. Because of that, teachers were trying to distract the children from the bombing and the noises that were carrying on outside of our area. The three of them were all really very sick. Jasmine and I both bonded with two of the members of the cast, Judge Robert Henry who was the President of Oklahoma City University and Gerald Adams who was the governors chief of staff. But at that time, oil wells were being drilled absolutely everywhere and very successfully. So she said to me, The first phone you see, you must call me, because if you dont Im going to be angry with you all day. So I said, Okay, Ill call you. As we were walking into Winfield House I noticed on, the left side was a windowed area and there was a man standing talking on the telephone. staring at me for? I cant explain it, but I still have that in my memory and of course I hate guns, so we dont have them around our house. This little museum had little old teapots and coffee pots and old radios that you could touch. But we couldnt because my mother was struggling to put food on the table as it was. JE: Were any friends of yours killed as a result of the bombings? Before going to England, I was supposed to have gone to supply school. Then about two days, out, it was like a cork in the ocean. Seminole resident, mother, wife, friend and well-known philanthropist Jasmine Moran died at the age of 87 on Saturday,. And of course you dont know whats going to happen with Iran. was greeted at. He has a foundation, and he came down with all of his trustees. So a few years later, a city councilmans seat for our district in the city opened up. I did, but more so during that time. And so for many weeks after that whenever we could get leave we would go in to London, which was about 60 miles away. He said, How about lets go (play) for a malt? And I said, Sure. We played and I dont remember exactly the score but he won and it was like 21-19 and we had a really good game. JE: What did you do for entertainment? So I went to OKC and immediately found out that it was not Senator Al Gore the presidential candidate, it was Senator Al Gore, the father of the presidential candidate. Isnt this dangerous to stop and pick up soldiers like this? So the young man on the bus just smiled at me and turned around, raised up his shirt and he had a whole rack around his stomach of bullets scars. (Laughter.). The judge needed to get 12 of the 24 on the grand jury. So I met Jasmine as a result of Lillimore and I met Lillymore because of Peter Miles. So she belongs to the Lutheran church. She was delighted to know that the museum was in existence and brought her children there several times. Jasmine wanted to stay with me and I said, No, weve come all of this way and I want you to go. And so they went to the dedication and I was asleep or whatever, I cant say for sure. So weve been great friends ever since and Robert has been on the board almost from. Her mother, born out of wedlock, was raised by her grandmother and earned her place in the world by mastering Scottish dance. Thats mainly the money we use to go ahead and do the dinner. MM: Im not sure that she ever was sure that it was really going to happen. JM: No, I think hers was quite different. I liked his principles and I liked what he did. Jasmine Moran's passing at the age of 87 on Saturday, March 5, 2022 has been publicly announced by Fitzgerald Funeral Service Southwood Colonial Chapel - Tulsa in Tulsa, OK. Legacy invites you. Digital Audio Sound Recording, Non-Music. I ran for it and had two or three opponents and I was elected. Melvin Moran: We were married in Tulsa at Bnai Emunah Synagogue. We thought it was fascinating, so Melvin went out to the car to get his camera so we could take photographs.. MM: I was fairly socially active. It would just be a huge boom. She is a woman of resolve and a very strong advocate for children and animal rights.. What you have to do is go to people you know. Again, I knew quite a few people. I honestly do believe that I died that day and that it changed my life. For those of you who recognize her name, it is due to the Children's Museum located in her community which is named after her. We thought, what are we going to encounter? About 500 come to the place where we serve the dinner and we deliver about 200 meals. She was really shocked. I mean you had what you had and you did the best you could. MM: Weve walked around the streets of both Tel Aviv and Jerusalem at midnight and never felt insecure. It was just a few blocks away. While I was in college, I went into ROTC. So I thought, well Melvin was late. MM: Frenetic, crazies, I think. (Laughter) Jasmine Moran. A very Happy Birthday to a dear friend. Senator. We didnt want a building downtown where he would have limited parking. There were black schools and white schools and so we definitely had segregation. More than 70,000 visitors played to learn and learned to play there last year. I think it was pretty much all over the state. But finally, somebody that I really, really respected, his name was Milt Phillips. Weve done a number of things with the animals because I am so determined to see them have a better life than the life of living in the backyard on a chain. It was unbelievable. Also provides pro bono legal assistance (estate planning and criminal injuries compensation). had ever spoken to him like this before. JM: Shes been wonderful. Senator Al Gore, Sr. and two other senators were on a fact-finding trip and they went to Guam. Kids were coming home to empty houses, and we wanted to do something that stimulated their minds. Did you save your money? JM: Then Molly and David helped us a great deal and also Robert Henry. Dearly. And then we moved to a house at 317 West Seminole Street, which is on the corner of Seminole and University Street. So we dont do a project until we have the money. MM: Well, I thought it was wonderful. We are not speaking right now. During part of the bombing, Jasmine and her sister were evacuated to live in the homes of strangers near Birmingham. A graveside service will be held on Tuesday in Tulsa. Jasmine Moran: Its a combination. JE: You could only buy a certain amount of any one of those products? The time that I met with Hillary, there were eight of us at a table and, I was seated directly across from Hillary. Actually wells in this area produced earlier than 1926 in different formations. I was a city councilman at the time. That very first time we went we noticed this feeling of weve got to get together and stay together in order to make this work. JE: Your birth date and your present age? They had a table tennis table next to the swimming pool. Well, that was when we discovered also then that when the Germans were coming back from the dropping of their bombs in London, and they still had a lot of machine gun bullets, they would dive low over us and start shooting at us because we were moving targets. MM: No, I dont think so. The only other dinner guest was Shimon Peres. His face was red and he was so angry and he just walked away. At age 2, Moran was dancing The Fairy-Queenand, by age 13, she performed as Maid Liza in the Scala Theatres presentation of Peter Pan. Well I ran into Nancy Anthony and Nancy is the director of the Oklahoma City Community Foundation. MM: When I was growing up I had really three particularly close friends. It was very, very close. Apparently the land was not good there. I read that Senator Mike Monroney from Oklahoma was denouncing Senator McCarthy on the floor of the Senate for what he was doing. MM: His first stop was Muncie, Indiana because he had a family member there. We now call them diapers, but they called them nappies when I left England. John Erling: Im sure you felt that feeling many, many times coming here. You go into water and you are given the formal invocation I guess you might call it into the service. He said, Frank got your letter and he asked me to see you about your project. She saw once that the husband of her friend would die in a short period of time, Moran said. As Moran entered the childrens theater at the Jasmine Moran Childrens Museum on Nov. 1, the fiery energy that spurred her whole life was evident despite what she called her wheelie-dealie walker and her tired, painful shuffle. Public funeral service at St. Michael's Church, Ystrad Aeron on Saturday 11th February 2023 at 2.00pm. These were rubbers that were made out of inner tubes from tires and (stretched) over sticks, and you let them go and they sting a little bit when they hit you. The bank was trying to find a buyer for it. However, I didnt see the bombing there as badly as of course I had seen it in London. The idea took off. They're not a map to follow, but simply a description of what people commonly feel. So Moran Pipe and Supply had a group of wells, and my father had started Moran Oil Company, so he had a group of wells. I remember it very distinctly. We had a club of Jewish friends. The state of Israel became a reality in 1948, so it was just four years after it had become a state. JE: You still use your English phrases dont you? JE: So then I guess theres a point here where I want to ask about your Jewish faith and what it means to you. He would go to various oil companies and buy scrap from them that they didnt use anymore from the various oil wells. The next morning Reggie, called and asked, When are you next coming to Oklahoma City? I said, Im coming today because I have a meeting there. He told me, When you finish your meeting come by my office. I went by his office and he gave me a check for $200,000. Martin Moran was born on February 19 1955 and grew up in North Tyneside. With a new song dropping March 18, he's ready to up the ante. When we saw the concept, we thought what a neat concept. I thought well have the money that well need in two weeks and we will build it in six months. She would also sculpt a lasting legacy in a small town called Seminole, creating not only a world-class childrens museum that attracts 70,000 visitors annually, but also funding and supporting the citys animal shelter and other animal-related charities. Dyslexia was unheard of and everybody thought you were a dunce if you didnt know how to do math or if you couldnt read. Upon her return, her teacher discovered that Jasmine could sing and asked her to perform in the air raid shelters to cover the sound of the bombs. She attracted people that justshe was a Scot and she had a wonderful sense of humor. My father operated the company from the Tulsa office. She was born Jasmine Dolores Careen Burchell Lindsay on May 7, 1934, in Oldchurch Hospital, Romford, Essex, England to Lilian McPhee and John Carter Burchell. MM: Yes, I was named after my grandfather. Thank you for visiting this Oklahoma oral history website, VoicesofOklahoma.com. In our house, we were not very well to do. I remember that very well. MM: Right. He went to Stanford University and then became a lawyer. are on-call all the time and meanwhile still trying to run an oil company. The experience I remember was that he married a woman that was also a Stanford student and they had their wedding at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. One of Seminole's most generous and beloved benefac 2023 Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Chapel. JE: Did she have a big influence on your life? Well, I taught myself to read during those years but I was very, very poor with math, dreadful. You can see the beauty on the surface, but underneath all those layers may be something not so pretty. When you go a block to deliver one paper, its not nearly as good as delivering 10 papers on a block. Yes, and I hated what Senator Joseph McCarthy was doing. MM: Well, actually I was invited to the White House three times but to meet with the President twice. He used that money to purchase a pickup truck. And shortly after the meeting, a woman from Bartlesville, her name was Claudine Green came over to Jasmine and me and said, My father died last week and his pride and joy was his 1921 Model T. Our family would like for you to have it to put in the childrens museum for kids to enjoy.. JE: Nobody thought of him being pretty special at that time? She graced the stage for 18 months. There is hardly any crime and security is everywhere and we never felt afraid when we were there at all. I did some dating, and dated a number of English girls. Most houses in England were two-story. I know that there are two possibilities. The children were very nervous and some of them would not speak to anybody else and now because of working in the museum they now have confidence and feel comfortable talking to people. I remember it was fenced because we raised chickens in the backyard. Sa fortune s lve 5 000 000,00 euros mensuels Be didnt have a chance to stop anywhere because he was already late. Mel Myers Audio Editor Durch Klicken auf Alle akzeptieren erklren Sie sich damit einverstanden, dass Yahoo und unsere Partner Ihre personenbezogenen Daten verarbeiten und Technologien wie Cookies nutzen, um personalisierte Anzeigen und Inhalte zu zeigen, zur Messung von Anzeigen und Inhalten, um mehr ber die Zielgruppe zu erfahren sowie fr die Entwicklung von Produkten. JE: The lights were left on so other cars wouldnt run into them? And so they would stop and pick them up. MM: David Boren was very young. I thought that was terrible. Israel arranged a trip for Mickey Edwards to come to Israel and Jasmine and I were invited to go with him and his wife and also another couple from OKC. Until one day I remember he had a bottle of, Dr. Pepper extract and he dropped it and splattered all over in the drugstore and the drugstore had that Dr. Pepper smell for weeks after that, and then I didnt seem so bad. It was like being in something really peculiar, everybody was looking at me. 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