European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday april 19, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 17 that masked Man is still crusading by Jeff Wilson associated press c Layton Moore the actor who played the legendary Lone Ranger on television Tor nearly four decades still twirls his colt.45s but usually rides High in a pickup truck rather than on horseback. And the Blue eyed masked Man still crusades for Law and order at supermarkets and malls. But Silver the White horse that reared on to screens As the Lone Ranger boomed Hiyo Silver died years ago. He s been replaced by a truck in the shopping Center shows. During his appearances Moore wears his Black mask White hat powder Blue shirt and pants gun Belt with Silver bullets and twin holsters red Bandana and boots. The reason i do All these personal appearances he said is to thank the Public for their  the Lone Ranger originally started As a local radio show in Detroit in 1933 and was soon broadcast nationally on the Mutual radio network. It became a half hour television series in 1949 with Clayton Moore playing the former Texas Ranger who avenged wrongdoings in the West along with his faithful Indian companion Tonto portrayed by Jay Silverheels. John Hart starred for two seasons 1952-54 before Moore returned to the title role. Its final episode was shown sept. 12, 1957. While the Lone Ranger episodes Are still syndication favourites and Lone Ranger videocassettes Are popular Moore does t get any Money from them. I Haven t received any Money from the Lone rangers nce 1956," Moore said. Don t forget we pioneered the television business. We Are not fortunate like those who do the to shows today. Sure i d like to get some syndication or cassette Money. I like to smile at the Bank like everyone  he makes his Money from personal appearances around the country although he won t say just How much he earns. Moore also lectures to children on the dangers of guns drugs alcohol cigarettes and foul language. Children need heroes like the Lone Ranger he said. Heroes Are important. This is important because these kids Are Young America. They Are going to be running this country  the Lone Ranger and the 72-year-old Clayton Moore Are one and the same he said in an interview. And he preaches the i believe Creed which talks about Equality and the Power within oneself to make a better world. I believe that everything changes but the truth and the truth alone lives on forever. I believe in my country my creator and my fellow Man Moore recited from the Creed. People frequently drive past his Home in Calabasas calif., in the Oak studded Foothills 30 Miles Northwest of downtown los Angeles and yell Hiyo  i give them a Hiyo Silver blast Back. They seem to get a kick out of it the actor said. Fans rallied behind Moore during his five year court Battle Over the right to Wear the Black mask. Clayton Moore and his faithful limousine Silver on the Road for a 1985 appearance in Portland Ore. Up photo in 1979, Wrather corp., which owned the rights to the Lone Ranger character obtained a court order forbidding Moore to Wear the mask. The company was making a new Lone Ranger movie which turned out to be a Box office bomb. During the court Battle Moore wore Sun glasses to resemble the mask until the court restored the mask in december 1984. Moore was born in Chicago where he attended Public school. He worked with the circus and As a Model before becoming a movie actor kit Carson along the Oregon Trail and the masked Man. He also starred in two Lone Ranger feature films made in the late 1950s. His wife of 44 years former actress Jane Allen died in february. I m a fighter he said about the loss. Ill make  he also has a 27-year-old daughter Gwen Moore who is a fashion consultant. Lead a quiet simple life said Moore who lives in a townhouse condominium. I Don t have a fancy ranch or anything like that. I Don t think of myself As a  however he d like to do a final Lone Ranger movie of his own. I d like to hand my mask Over to a younger Man and ride off into the Sunset Yelling Hiyo Silver " Moore said. Still he said ill Wear the mask and White hat for the rest of my life. The Lone Ranger is a great character a great american. Playing him made me a better person. I never want to take off this White hat. When i take off to that big ranch in the sky i still want to have it on my head. When i go i want them to say who was that masked Man " Sixa Wekset Asa Sissala Seiki bout five years ago i wrote a column about attending a party where i actually met a person who was not writing a Book. I was drawn to him because he was surrounded by people who could t believe there was a person who was so out of it he thought an agent worked for the Fri and Mcgraw Hill were sex therapists. He even thought writer s Block was a local aesthetic. Because he was such an Enigma he got invited to a lot of parties As the Token  someone told me recently that he had passed on. I will miss just knowing he existed. He was the last non author roaming the planet. Everyone is writing a Book. Someone figured out that six authors Riding the Best seller list this year had someone write the Book for them. So that Means for every celebrity who is writing a Book there is another person who is also writing the same Book and the figure doubles. Writing a Book is close to baseball As the no. 1 sport in this country. It All started with politicians who did t get elected. Someone would say what Are you doing now and they d say writing my  so from former presidents to local sheriffs you had people who roamed around in their pyjamas All Day at Home drinking Coffee with their status intact. It now embraces everyone who is Between jobs is recovering from a relationship or does t have a Date on saturday night. Most people find that professing to be writing a Book is the easiest thing in the world. All you have to have is a title that is provocative and generic. That could run the Gamut from fur tongues in the morning which will be a Cookbook to erotic leftovers destined to become a civil War epic. Some verbal authors steal from the classics. They figure if it worked once it will work again. So you have the Guy who is writing everything you be wanted to know about air ducts but were afraid to ask to play gone with the wind again Sam. There is another advantage to keeping a Book in the talking stage. There is no limit on the amount of time it takes to Complete it. Some people have killed As Many As 10 or 15 years talking about their approach. Also a Book that never gets to paper is flexible. It can be put on hold until the children Are grown you paper the living room Little league is Over you go on Daylight saving time or you can find a parking place at the Library for your research. During the last six months or so i be met a cabbie who hears voices and is planning to put it All Down in manuscript form a Secretary who knows there s a hilarious Book in an elevator that is always full when it gets to her floor a housewife who has questionnaires out to 600 celebrities on their favorite cookie and a 6 year old who is writing her memoirs. I suppose if i can write 450 words on a Man who never talked about writing a Book. Anything is possible. C los Angeles times Syndicate