JM: And shes so stubborn. Of course, Horace Mann is no longer there. In 1981 your family sold their interest in the Moran Pipe and Supply Company? MM: When I was 14 years old my reading material was mostly comic books. And I remember distinctly one day a lady came in and she said, Hi Melvin how are you? I had no idea who she was. 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. Jasmine Moran Children's Museum NEW EXHIBITS HAVE ARRIVED. It was so hot here. Peacefully on Thursday, September 2, 2021, at Charlotte Eleanor Englehart Hospital of Bluewater Health in Petrolia, Mary Jane (nee Pringle) Moran passed away at the age of 88. A man came across and talked to me, his name was Ted dAndriole. Everyone in the cast we were all friends with each other. For me it was like a Forrest Gump type of moment. We want it to be used. And they have put it in our museum and kept it refurbished all the time. JE: Name some of your friends while growing up. So I met Jasmine as a result of Lillimore and I met Lillymore because of Peter Miles. MM: In January 1986 the price of oil collapsed. So I did. So he left my mother in very dire circumstances with three children. Before going to England, I was supposed to have gone to supply school. It was a department store. Or go into our healthcare exhibit and role-play as a doctor or nurse, become a railroad engineer, a teacher, a dentist, an oil person or paleontologist and on and on. She went to the school cafeteria for lunch with her class and they were serving beanie weenies, which she hated. Fr nhere Informationen zur Nutzung Ihrer Daten lesen Sie bitte unsere Datenschutzerklrung und Cookie-Richtlinie. MM: We moved to Tulsa in January 1941. JE: So she grew up in that community? We sat down with people and talked with people and they thought it was a jolly good idea and so thats how it got started. Born May 7, 1934, in Romford, Essex, Moran was a giant baby, weighing just one ounce shy of 12 pounds. It was awful, she said. She attracted people that justshe was a Scot and she had a wonderful sense of humor. truck. MM: In the offices of Moran Oil Enterprises and Moran-K Oil in Seminole, Oklahoma, one block off of Main Street. She said, Ill make an appointment for you and Marci to meet Stan Hupfeld. She called back in a couple of days and she said, The appointment is made. They would burn through the second story if they didnt meet anything solid. But the next day my boss ordered extra milk so(Laughter). I was in one show called Excitement, which was a variety show. It was called Page Drugstore. MM: It was an excellent video and we needed to show it to people. We can get all these visitors here and that would be great for the economy and all of that. I didnt even think about the fact that the Flint, Michigan is 20 times the size of Seminole. just sort of mushroomed overnight to an airbase of fighter pilots. MM: It continues till this day and every year we have a raffle. They were told that somebody had been taken out on a stretcher or something like that and taken to the hospital and they were scared to death. And I would lay it out on the lawn and give another section to another person. Obituaries Section. JM: I couldnt let him get away with that, it was just too much. 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. She served as Seminoles First Lady, when her husband was elected mayor. During part of the bombing, Jasmine and her sister were evacuated to live in the homes of strangers near Birmingham. It was the worst date I have ever been on. He became very friendly with a man by the name of Bill Larue who worked for Phillips Petroleum. Then we moved to Seminole when I was four or five years old to a house on Wilson Street. Just as I was about to walk out of the house, the other girl called me and said, Where are you? I said, I didnt get the call. She told me I was one of the three chosen, and I had better get there.. So three of us, the captain, myself, and a sergeant went to England first to get everything ready for the rest of the squadron. Jasmine Moran: Its a combination. MICHAEL MORAN OBITUARY. James "Steve" Wiggins, (75), a longtime resident of Fort Walton Beach, Florida (and a recent resident of Sandy Springs, Georgia), died on January 4, 2023, after a short illness and surrounded by. MM: Yes, I was named after my grandfather. Ive done some local theater in Shawnee and some in various theaters in Oklahoma City. MM: She did. after that I went into active duty as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. We took this robot around with us to advertise the museum. The trip was supposed to cover Israel and some of the Arab countries, but the Air Force decided it would not be wise for me to go to the Arab countries because of me being Jewish. Most childrens museums around the country simply have the definition of various hands- on exhibits but not necessarily connected to each other in anyway. (Laughter) So thats the explanation. The Jasmine Moran Children's Museum in Seminole is a major Oklahoma educational facility that will impact the lives of children forever. Very soon after that, he received a response from Albert Einstein saying that there are two ways to look at this particular thing. And then we moved to a house at 317 West Seminole Street, which is on the corner of Seminole and University Street. The other possibility is that number one the doctor gave me some pills or a shot, I dont recall which one and it could be that the medication suddenly cured me. We all came together as a group. We ran into a hurricane, at sea, it was the wrong time of year to come across the ocean. When I first came back to Seminole I worked in the oil field on a well services Union and as a roustabout. It was a brick house. A graveside service will be held on Tuesday in Tulsa. Obituary of Arthur Jr. and Bernadine Moran. 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. JM: No, we were not. We wanted new things that would advance and stimulate their brain, and thats how it started.. Last modified on Tue 19 Dec 2017 15.55 EST. MM: Well, it did because of my heritage. Sorry, but I have got to say it as it was. We were walking in and you were walking back to your room with the orange juice in your hand. It would just be a huge boom. And she said, The next time you are in Israel, please come and see me. So, the next time we were going to be in Israel she invited me to have dinner at her house along with Jasmine and Jasmines sister Helen. The three of us along with another young man who lived one block away in the same grade as Joe and Donna, his name was Robert Hammons, also a Seminole high school debater. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Seminole Humane Society in care of Marta Mattingly, 300 West College Avenue, Seminole, OK 74868; or to the Jasmine Moran Children's Museum in care of Marci Donaho, PO Box 1828, Seminole, OK 74818-1828. The contributions of Jasmine and Melvin Moran to Oklahoma will have an impact for generations to come. Anthony Hayward. Going through that experience, I realized that if people dont get involved in their communities and their government that this is the kind of bad government that they are going to have. Until that moment we had never heard of a childrens museum. It was like being in something really peculiar, everybody was looking at me. She said, Melvin, if you follow. They shared the idea of a childrens museum with us, and I was named president of the board.. Since we opened on January 23, 1993, weve expanded nine times, Melvin said. But Donna, and Robert, who now calls himself Bob, we have still remained friends. It was a crazy, wild boomtown. RIP to Billy Moran, an All-Star second infielder who had a 7-year career in the majors in the 1950s and '60s. And of course they are interested in their security, as we would be. 1714 Highway 9 West, Seminole, Oklahoma 74868 405-382-0950. 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.. 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. MM: By definition a childrens museum contains hands-on educational exhibits for children aged 3 to 12. She started talking about playing bridge with her aunt Sylvia and said, I saw your mom yesterday and your sister and so-and-so and she obviously knew my family really well. all sorts of investigations of their own. And so I didnt use the words saucepans, which would have also been odd. I would send out 200 copies to 200 companies and people that might send some money. His face was red and he was so angry and he just walked away. They decided then and there to bring the experience to children in Seminole. And then Kim said, Have you asked Integris to help you? I said, No. She said, Do you know Stan Hupfeld? He was the CEO of Integris, but I had never met him. JE: What was your mother like? So I went back to the motel and, got my video camera which I had there for Mackinac Island vacation purposes and I took a video of the entire museum with the directors permission and I brought that back to Seminole. I would like to think that my personality approaches hers at least in some respect. And I went in there and instead they needed a soda jerk. When she landed in New York it was important to my family that she already be officially converted to Judaism before we were married. I sent him a letter and I said, We have this project and can I have an appointment with you to see if Kerr-McGee would like to participate? A few days later we got a call from the chief counsel and vice president of Kerr-McGee, a gentleman named Tom McDaniel, more recently he was the president of Oklahoma City University. Page the owner of the, store said, Now if you want to get a drink every once in a while you can go ahead and we wont charge you. So I figured out how many milkshakes it would take to raise my salary from $12 to $20. One of Seminole's most generous and beloved benefac 2023 Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Chapel. I said. I was standing there waiting for an American to appear, and one did, and he was probably 350 pounds and 52, and in a uniform. MM: We used to do that. I was in two different shows while he was there. She was the loving mother of Lesley Moran of Guelph, Stephen Moran of Mississauga, Kathryn . JE: Youve had other jobs. had raised the money for the construction of the wing and construction started. And actually, at the end of the run in London, she was also contracted to go on tour. When we deliver 200 meals it takes a lot of people to make the deliveries. She could make a meal out of nothing and you still felt you had a marvelous meal no matter what it was. Block off of Main Street in that community and see me held on Tuesday in Tulsa in our museum kept. 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