That was David Boren that got us that. $ tricks@jasminemoran.com Closed now 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN 6AM 9AM 12PM 3PM 6PM 9PM 12AM 3AM Museum Photos See all Videos See all 0:24 MM: He changed Meer to Meyer by adding a y between the two es. I played tennis with little bit, but I was not good enough for the tennis team. And I thought, possibly Ill give them a few more minutes and then if he doesnt turn up well then Im going home. I was on the board for quite a number of years. Finally a man, probably about 10 years older than me and no taller than me, maybe even shorter, it was his turn. JE: So then Melvin, you were married in Tulsa? When we saw the concept, we thought what a neat concept. Our class did the newspaper covering all three schools. The first thing that I felt was that you had to have something to show them what a childrens museum is, because there were none in Oklahoma. Five years later in 1937 my sister Ethel was born. Dive deeper into Oklahoma history by learning from the voices of the Oklahomans who lived it. Everything was rationed. A man came across and talked to me, his name was Ted dAndriole. Basically, for every barrel of oil we sold we lost money. There was a national contest with school papers submitted from all over the country and my column won 1st prize. Hes soaking wet. And they said, We are going to take you back to the Officers Club and he will change clothes and then you will go on your date. So I thought well theres safety in numbers at least as a man and a woman there, so if anything happens you know surely they will help me. For me it was like a Forrest Gump type of moment. 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. So one morning at breakfast I was making a phone call and Jasmine finally had kind of had it with Congressman Edwards and said, You know you are getting everything free and its a wonderful experience and you have been grumpy and you havent been a very nice person and. We went to some secret bases and then we met Shimon Peres in his office, and we met Yitzhack Rabin in his office, and we met the main officials of Israel. Tags: World War II, The Jasmine Moran Childrens Museum, Melvin Moran, Philips Petroleum, Kosher, Albert Einstein, Pearl Harbor, Tulsa Tribune, St. Johns Hospital, Philbrook Museum, Bar Mitzvah, Moran Oil Company, Air Force, Sean Connery, Church of England, David Boren. I was born September 18th, 1930. He came back and named the childrens museum the Jasmine Moran Childrens Museum. When the price collapsed it got as low as $9/barrel. The reason is we had to wash the dishes. They had a table tennis table next to the swimming pool. On the block I lived in, there were four houses. The judge needed to get 12 of the 24 on the grand jury. of 12 it is a little difficult. 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. So we simply went down every name in the directory and discussed every person in the phonebook to determine if they worked, or if they would be good with, children and so forth, and we made a mark by their names and we called them and thats. MM: It was. So I walked around again and several more times and had just about decided to go back home when a black limousine came up and this man jumped out all wet and in an American uniform, and he was soaking wet. When I first came back to Seminole I worked in the oil field on a well services Union and as a roustabout. Our second daughter is Elisa, she was named after my mother Elsie, and our son is named David. Jasmine Moran Children's Museum 1714 Oklahoma 9 West, Seminole This children's museum in Seminole has 42,000 square feet of indoor space and a large outdoor play area that includes a riding. Yes, they are people of means, but they visited different parts of the world with their children so they could learn about all walks of life and learn about other cultures. I had a lot of friends, but three close friends. I mean, goodness knows how she even put food on the table. But he said there really wasnt much in the way of oil business in those days, which there wasnt there, so I said, Well, you know, I can keep us alive. JM: Yes. But at that time the price of oil was very low, so for the company that had it, it was not profitable. She grew up near London during World War II, living through the Blitz, where Germany bombed England 71 times in 267 days. The meeting will place in my office. JE: During your summers then, while you were in college, you said you worked at Streets department store. 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. One of Seminoles most generous and beloved benefactors, Jasmine Moran, died at her home on Saturday morning, March 5, 2022, at the age of 87. They said later, We didnt know how to say no to you, but we never ever expect the doors to be open. MM: Virtually every retail storeowner that I have talked to has said thank you for the customers that have come in who are coming here to visit the museum. We wanted new things instead of old things. We had our next meeting in the Phillips Pavilion which is adjoining the governors mansion. He said, Yes, many times. Visiting America without visiting Oklahoma would be like visiting Israel without visiting Jerusalem. JE: Did she have a big influence on your life? At 11 years old do you remember hearing about that? If it was a defense job, they made sure you had enough gas to get to work every day. 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. But I found out that meeting people makes a whole lot of difference. Two of them lived on the same block. The University of Missouri was known for its Journalism School. Youll live in America, the fortune-teller added. In fact he was Seminoles first national champion. So, it was not a good place to send children. It. JE: You would ride the bus with your mother and she taught you something on those bus rides? David became my state representative, so I got to know him in the political capacity working together for our community. Chapter 2 - 7:06 The Start John Erling: My name is John Erling. But I asked for aluminum pots. You know, to cook with. He turned out to be a lawyer. AboutPressCopyrightContact. So, we landed in New York and went straight to the Rabbi Kahn in New York who performed the conversion ceremony. You were on a grand jury. JE: Did your mother have a problem with this? your email below for our complimentary daily grief messages. How the pioneers made it across this country Ill never know. JM: No. Loving husband, father, grandad and friend. So we got about a loaf and a half because we were a family of five in our family. I just didnt realize how Ive behaved and Im just so very sorry. Eventually you might need to do so and it would be much cheaper to do it now. He convinced us that that was a good idea so we were going to go into debt and we told the construction manager to go ahead and we built two floors. MM: His first stop was Muncie, Indiana because he had a family member there. We didnt know how to get started and we didnt know what the funding was, but we had the Rotary Club behind us and they were really good about it. And I said, Tom, Ive carried this all the way up here, can I show you this video? JE: Yes, and to speak before the President. Seminole resident, mother, wife, friend and well-known philanthropist Jasmine Moran died at the age of 87 on Saturday, March 5, and though gone, her legacy will live on through her various projects and community outreach. We stayed at the hotel because the wedding was there. So we needed something visual. At 5 years old, Moran learned to recognize the sounds of bombs before they dropped. Israel is probably more secure than most any major city in America. And then he left. We talked to the director of the museum and she told us that they had 20,000 visitors a year. My mother was a widow during the war. America if something is 100 years old, its really old. And the home guard was trying to dig them out. Meanwhile Melvin you moved up the ranks in the company. MM: Our home was kosher. Going into that time, and this is a Chamber of Commerce count so it might be exaggerated a little bit, but we had 200 oil-related companies. Marci and I gave Stan a tour with Kim along. There are just so many wells. He was 18 years old. I was one of these young women who did not spend much time in the kitchen. Jasmine has always had a passion for animals and a disdain for animal cruelty. Kerr-McGee had some functions and we took the robot to their functions. She served as Seminoles First Lady, when her husband was elected mayor. In those days I played table tennis pretty well. Jasmine lacks her formerly spry health these days. JE: In the United States we didnt feel the fear of bombing like you did. There wasnt just one single person. Melvin Moran: Another one of the nurses in that show was another young woman that Jasmine went to school with and her name was Millicent Martin. JE: So you were commissioned to Second Lieutenant, and you were 20 years old? You have funeral questions, we have answers. Ways to honor Jasmine Moran's life and legacy. It was really amazing. MM: Occasionally. Martin Moran was born on February 19 1955 and grew up in North Tyneside. RIP to Billy Moran, an All-Star second infielder who had a 7-year career in the majors in the 1950s and '60s. JE: The man you thought had gone to the hospital had not gone there at all. Senator Gore said, Until that moment I never heard the word Atom Bomb. When we deliver 200 meals it takes a lot of people to make the deliveries. It cut off about a mile of the walk to school. Surely. So the kids started walking across his land and he decided that since the kids were walking across his land theres no point in fighting it and trying to grow crops. He helped me with Judaism and to convert. Why did the headlights have to remain on low beam? The extracurricular activity that I hadI wrote for the school newspaper. But the next day my boss ordered extra milk so(Laughter). George became my fathers partner in Moran Pipe and Supply and he was a partner until he died. So we. Fitzgerald Funeral Service Southwood Colonial Chapel - Tulsa. 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