During the war I was in a small town called Hornchurch. Was it over there that you had a near death experience? Because if you got a large group in a church and it got bombed, the decimation would be dreadful. And I remember my parents paid $5,000 for that house. MM: He was accusing everyone of being a communist and he was doing it for his own political gain. Kim was there, and a support member and for governor was there. She worked tirelessly her entire life to keep animals safe, whether it was stopping on the side of the road to rescue an injured bird or a cruelly-tethered dog, or lobbying state and federal officials for animal rights legislation. But at that time, oil wells were being drilled absolutely everywhere and very successfully. At the end of any video he said, Melvin, tell me how Kerr-McGee can help you? And he gave us a very nice grant. And of course, during the wartime you know, you didnt have any. O Oscar and Shirley Jackson March 7, 2022 We are deeply saddened to learn that Jasmine Moran has passed. MM: I honestly felt that I died that day. ), Cockfighting fight turns back time at Oklahoma Capitol, The awkward family affair of Gov. The most recent obituary and service information is available at the Fitzgerald Funeral Service Southwood Colonial Chapel - Tulsa website. The Jasmine Moran Childrens Museum has been an integral part in the childhood and education of at least two generations of Oklahomans. And I remember mother with the various rationing stamps and I recall the stamps had numbers on them depending on what your allotment was. It was a dangerous thing to leave lights on because you gave yourself (away) as a target. We didnt think that this project could ever come about., JM: At the beginning of Southwestern Bell helping us, Molly and I were very good friends. But at that time the price of oil was very low, so for the company that had it, it was not profitable. And then suddenly a grand jury was called and by the luck of the draw my name was one of the 24 names called. But then our board started visiting other childrens museums around the country, and there were about 50. in the country at the time. But, no, we have not made a study. He would go to various oil companies and buy scrap from them that they didnt use anymore from the various oil wells. You, were walking past homes that still had people in it screaming. He was 18 years old. A year later we had our first child and two years later our second, and our third five years after that. Did you go? And Melvin said, I did. And the doctor said, Well, its working. So that was how my name got put on it, without me wanting to. Im beginning to get into so show business, people know me and Im beginning to get a little known, you know until you can get going. But he was not happy with that so anyway he met me in New York. And going back to the Grand Jury days, if good people dont get involved then we are not going to have good government, so Ive continued to be involved one way or another ever since. Jasmine Moran, an actress and philanthropist most known to Oklahomans for her Children's Museum in Seminole, has died. I had been in the gentlemans room calling my friend. There were 120 girls for one of the roles and 120 girls for the second role, Moran said. My father had been one of these spendthrift people who went through life thinking that money would always appear in his pocket. can stop at any time. And after spending about five or six years in Maud, he came to Seminole to start off a scrap. I thought that was terrible. JE: Was any of this machine gun activity near you or close to you? 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. It was just the most marvelous place that I could set my feet down and not be seasick. in memory of Jasmine (Burchell) Moran, please visit our floral store. We recommended disbarment of five lawyers. And through this connection I was once in a play called A Man For All Seasons with Robert Henry. That Peter Miles had never been to UCLA, never been in the American Air Force or worked in the American Embassy. So, Dad went to high school and learned English in Nowata high school. JM: Shes been wonderful. And the home guard was trying to dig them out. A very Happy Birthday to a dear friend. 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. We were a very fortunate family Ill tell you. And from that he went into oil field equipment of all types: tanks and pump units and so forth. However, in those days he (Connery) was very, very thin and then not particularly noticeable and then I saw him in the show called From Russia With Love. 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. . Martin Moran was born on February 19 1955 and grew up in North Tyneside. Later on, after dad died, all of the operation was brought back here to Seminole. And actually Ive seen her give her dinner away on several occasions to people who obviously needed it worse than we did. I remember being introduced to him by Senator Sam NunnI followed Senator Howard Baker. He was such a nice man. He had a brother in New York City that was also a rabbi. So he went to the First National Bank of Seminole and he borrowed $1,000. When you go a block to deliver one paper, its not nearly as good as delivering 10 papers on a block. In 1993, The Jasmine Moran Childrens Museum opened, one of only a handful of youth museums in the nation. He said, Anyone that is sick may be excused. And they did. JE: Then you came to Tulsa and you were married at the synagogue? But just to be more charitable than ever and to really try and help people more than ever before. But to feel like I was a part of his political family was a very good feeling. I barely got it in the trunk of my car. MM: No, I dont think so. So the norm was to put the smallest low-beam lights on and then if there were air raids coming in, whoever owned the car, had to run out to their car and turn off those lights during that period of time. She went to the school cafeteria for lunch with her class and they were serving beanie weenies, which she hated. It was a very close race. And said, Are you Jasmine? And I was so, taken aback I didnt have time to think and I said, Yes, I am. And he said, Well, Ive had an accident. There was a man and a woman in the car. Mike Monroney ran for senator? It was not built up at all. 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. We worked seven days a week eight hours a day, and worked until 11 oclock at night. And learned a little bit about the scrap business and then decided to set out on his own. Everything was rationed. The other two officers in my squadron whom I lived with, one weekend they had gone to London and they came back and said they had a wonderful weekend. But anyway after spending a night there, the car would not run again. JE: And then you moved Tulsa in 1941? It has proven to be very successful and now weve been open long enough, we opened in January 1993 that parents are coming to our director and saying, I remember when my children first came to the museum and spent most of the day in the courtroom and now hes in law school. And someone else says, I remember my daughter was coming to the healthcare exhibit, and now shes in medical school. But one of my favorites, and to show that it really does work in a way, is there was a little nine-year-old girl who came to the museum with her mom. I dont know what happened to her since because a lot of water has gone under the bridge since then. Jasmine Moran Seminole, Oklahoma May 7, 1934 - March 5, 2022 Tribute Wall Obituary & Events Share a memory Send Flowers Obituary One of Seminole's most generous and beloved benefactors, Jasmine Moran, died at her home on Saturday morning, March 5, 2022, at the age of 87. JE: Tell us where we are recording this interview. Kids were coming home to empty houses, and we wanted to do something that stimulated their minds. JE: People in Seminole had to say, Did you hear this English speaking lady down the street? JM: Everybody. Anthony Hayward. I remember we used to have rubber gunfights. And of course I dont kid myself that they really needed me for advice, but I was very honored to go. Posted on mars 17, 2022 by . See our party services Get Directions She worked tirelessly her entire life to keep animals safe, whether it was stopping on the side of the road to rescue an injured bird or a cruelly-tethered dog, or lobbying state and federal officials for animal rights legislation. And so I did my usual thing and then a few days later, it was time to collect. And the equipment that he sold was used equipment. In 1941, Jasmine had but a few coins to spend at a country fair in Hornchurch, England, and, being one of three surviving daughters, she learned thriftiness from her mother, Lillian. Both families were kosher and all of that. The only other dinner guest was Shimon Peres. The meeting will place in my office. The Jasmine Moran Childrens Museum in Seminole is a major Oklahoma educational facility that will impact the lives of children forever. I could see him in the reflection of the glass. People would drop by and they would say, Well I just took all of the apples off of my tree and made two pies and I brought you one of the pies. And that short of stuff, so you know we were always brought things. Also provides pro bono legal assistance (estate planning and criminal injuries compensation). They were 6-feet tall with small waists and big boobs, and Im so short. I had to book on a ship to come out here. They would shoot at the children climbing the bridge and running in all directions you know to avoid being hit. After working in the drugstore for a few years at 21st and Utica, my next job was at Streets department store. MM: And then he went to the Holocaust Museum there. But Jasmine Burchell, who would later become Jasmine Moran, didnt realize how true the fortune-tellers words would be. As long as you continue to behave like this I am going to disassociate myself from you. And he was very shocked. JM: Yes, she was having a fit because she thought I ruined everything and that I was now making a big bridge between the United States and Israel and it wasnt a good one. JE: Did you get any of your kosher meat from a butcher shop in Tulsa? And that was the beginning of our date. We saw the need for a childrens attraction in Seminole and in this area, Jasmine Moran said. We had never seen a childrens museum before, she said. (Laughter.). Most everything was rationed, gasoline especially, but sugar and meat. He said, You are not. And the battery would sustain them okay but the car that I had was an export model. But, generally they were on their own. The first house that I remember living in was in Maud, Oklahoma. She went to business school after that, and later became a secretary for my father. MM: Frenetic, crazies, I think. Her brother said, no, that was not accurate she was born in Latvia. Her mother, born out of wedlock, was raised by her grandmother and earned her place in the world by mastering Scottish dance. 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. JE: How many Jewish families were in Seminole at this time? Moran, Melvin & Jasmine. http://www.MullerhausLegacy.com
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. My mother had told her that she had planned to name her daughter Jeannie, but my fathers sister who was still in Europe, died in Europe and her name was Ethel. I remember sitting next to him and I asked Shimon Peres, Have you ever visited Oklahoma? His response was the most staged response Ive ever heard. Love Viv and Bob. JM: Weve always had volunteers come from the fire department and the police department and those that are working are usually the ones to have helped us to the food to carry it out to people who are shut-ins. 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. Kerr-McGee had some functions and we took the robot to their functions. It would just be a huge boom. By this time I was 11 years old. (Laughter), And I was so disturbed by what I saw and the screams and cries of the animal being killed that I determined I was going to try to do something about this when I grew up. Marilyn was on the phone at the time and she asked, What hospital? And they said they didnt know. As a child there wasnt an animal that I didnt rescue in some form or another. And Mr. MM: Well, initially, one day I had a call from Roberts secretary. They had made all of these plans and he said, No, Id rather visit some churches in Israel with my wife. And when we met with some, of these officials, he wasnt as friendly as I kind of thought he should have been. In Oklahoma CityIntegris, OU Medical Center, St. Anthonys, Mercy, and then Saint Francis in Tulsa, those are five of Oklahomas biggest and most major hospitals. You can sit in the foyer while I go upstairs to change clothes. So the man and the woman bid, me adieu, they were going home and they were married couple and they were friends of Mels. I had never met Mickey Edwards before we were at the airport in OKC getting ready to fly out to Israel. I was very fortunate. The state of Israel became a reality in 1948, so it was just four years after it had become a state. JE: Hello! It was that sort of situation. 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. He took the three senators to his office and on the wall of his office were maps. 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. 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