Would it be okayI can only volunteer about four hours a week. And both of us had walked home. Mom's parents, Wilfrid & Margaret (Closs) Elliott. MM: I am 79 years old. MM: I was 20 then. We knew we would need volunteers but none of us had any experience or knew what to. JE: Tell us where we are recording this interview. They tried to drop anchor, which they were far too deep to do it. I know we had people coming and going and the cast changed, but I dont remember him. Mel said, Why would he say he was in South Pacific when he wasnt? I said, I dont know. Well, he took his shirt off and I said, Melvin, I recognize him! JE: The hairy chest. You know, you lived literally from hand to mouth. So, we landed in New York and went straight to the Rabbi Kahn in New York who performed the conversion ceremony. But I am hoping that youll agree with the overall body of my work. This has been a joy to us. 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. She would eventually catch the eye of a young Oklahoma serviceman and move to America. Years later on a family trip with her grandchildren to Flint, Michigan, Moran and her family stumbled upon a small museum dedicated to children. And there was greenery that had gotten caught in the propeller and had stopped it. JE: In the United States we didnt feel the fear of bombing like you did. I had no, idea what he looked like because he was completely unknown to me. 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 was a fun Scot and so people would bring food to her. So my first experience riding a bus was there in Tulsa. She was shot at on the way to school and practiced how to use gas masks. MM: When I was 14 years old my reading material was mostly comic books. And they would hit the roof of your house. Therefore youve got to get your blood thinned out more before you can be comfortable in that climate. 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. One day, without my knowledge, they sent my column off. I despise cruelty. Weve got a spaying and neutering program going. This is our 31st year to do that. MM: Occasionally. But anyway, it is now the Jasmine Moran Childrens Museum. He was born February 14, 1934 in Saint Louis, Missouri to Floyd H Knapp and Elisabeth Irene Strong. Mrs. Moran and her husband, local oilman and philanthropist Melvin Moran, co-founded Seminoles Jasmine Moran Childrens Museum, and Mrs. Moran researched, planned and funded the towns new no-kill animal shelter. JE: I mean he didnt buy it for the oil, he bought it for the equipment and it turned out to produce oil? Although Jasmines music teacher encouraged her to pursue opera, with her remarkable 3-octave voice range, she made a career in Londons West End as a musical singer and actress. I remember the judges name was Bob Howell. I have scoliosis, which damaged my back, but we kept it at bay with dance, so I knew I had talent if talent is what they were looking for.. Overcast. There is a camaraderie that is unbelievable around the country. had raised the money for the construction of the wing and construction started. But to feel like I was a part of his political family was a very good feeling. Dive deeper into Oklahoma history by learning from the voices of the Oklahomans who lived it. It was a beautiful area with beautiful homes. The three of them were all really very sick. So weve been great friends ever since and Robert has been on the board almost from. 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. They wouldnt allow him to. And my mother was very much against me even going on the date. Well I ran into Nancy Anthony and Nancy is the director of the Oklahoma City Community Foundation. JE: In 1941, we all are aware of the date December 7 and Pearl Harbor. We thought, what are we going to encounter? understand here, so they have a different connotation. So they made me a soda jerk. I didnt know who it was but I really thought I was in the middle of Chicago. JE: But I am sure you are over it by now? And there were strange, silly little things like when I was looking for nappies (diapers) for my baby. They called the hotel to check on me from where they were. But the oil bust in the 80s nearly killed our little town.. We were supposed to meet outside of the theater. JE: And then I believe there was a drugstore at 21st and Utica? Mike Monroney ran for senator? I always. When you have a small community, there is a tendency for elected officials to get to know each other and to work together for the betterment of that community. JM: And in our summer months we have to have at least 250 volunteers available, and we never have a problem. When you are a personal friend of David Boren, things happen. General Stilwell pointed to these maps and said on such and such date, and it was two or three weeks from the day when the senators were there. We agreed a long, long time ago that we were going to call it the Moran Family Museum. Mickey Edwards was important to Israel because on the committee that decides on foreign aid, he was the ranking Republican. all sorts of investigations of their own. JM: We asked what we had to do. There was just no way of getting around it. Chapter 2 - 7:06 The Start John Erling: My name is John Erling. I mean even today there are 90,000 producing oil wells in the state and probably 10,000 or 15,000 gas wells. JE: Theres a point where he seemed to have a disagreement with Albert Einstein? $300,000 a year. We found the robot in Dallas and the robot was. The theater was sort of like a quadrangle. Her mother, born out of wedlock, was raised by her grandmother and earned her place in the world by mastering Scottish dance. Daten ber Ihr Gert und Ihre Internetverbindung, wie Ihre IP-Adresse, Browsing- und Suchaktivitten bei der Nutzung von Yahoo Websites und -Apps. MM: Im not sure that she ever was sure that it was really going to happen. 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.. 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. On the block I lived in, there were four houses. MM: He was 14. Because its being run by some people who are(Pause). JE: Where were you evacuated? At 17, Moran became one of hundreds of girls competing for two spots in the musical. JM: We have to do what they want us to do. But if you will come back next year we will try to help you. Its a desert city. Messages run for up to one year and you MM: Kim was a member of our board and Kim and Brad have been helpful from the very beginning. In those days it seems severe to us, but later finding out what rationing was like in other places, especially EnglandI mean, we had no rationing at all compared to what they did. She was married to a man by the name of George Kahn. So, in January of 1941 we moved to Tulsa. (Laughter). We have a lot of really wonderful people here who have made it a wonderful place to live. 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. MM: It was amazing the number of people that helped us, and the number of people that gave us money, and lots of money. 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. I mean, goodness knows how she even put food on the table. So we asked for her help and she came and helped us. Jasmine was born to run up and down a soccer field, bouncing off people and using her athleticism to make things happen. The Jasmine Moran Childrens Museum has been an integral part in the childhood and education of at least two generations of Oklahomans. (Laughter). He used that money to purchase a pickup truck. Peter Miles, they said, worked for the American Embassy. Dad bought it simply for the purpose of salvaging out the equipment. JE: So you didnt make Shepherds pie for the Christmas dinner? I was always pretty frugal and had a savings account and I did save my money. Mike was born in Portland, and, except for a few years in Nebraska during his childhood, he was a lifelong resident of Oregon. I was very honored to do that. And I sold out the milk really quickly. 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 mean she never ever raised her voice. Visit our Support Center Loving husband, father, grandad and friend. See our stories in the news and how VOK's impact is expanding through your generous gifts. 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. We saw the need for a childrens attraction in Seminole and in this area, Jasmine Moran said. I went downstairs for breakfast all dressed up because we were going to go and I was to make a speech on behalf of my family as the oldest and first child and all of that. MM: We were sitting in a car as I recall. The Morans became patrons of the high school debate team and supported Seminole State College in numerous ways. MM: Well, I was first assigned to Sandia Base in Albuquerque. The Rotarians were marvelous. 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