by new boy 38 Replies latest jw friends
In the 1960`s they also had a test paper you had to fill out every month on what you had learned in that month in the Ministry school , that was marked on how many questions you got right by the school overseer.
The chart measured how the congregation was performing against the national average if I remember correctly.
They also had breaks between the ministry school /service meeting and also the public talk / watchtower study.
smiddy
The 50s are a little before my time but in the early 60s, I remember the written review was done with a pencil and you signed it and turned it in to the school conductor.
The breaks in between meetings was interesting....I remember people would go outside and have a cigarette!
NewBoy/OldBoy,
Are you going to have a section dealing with the announced from the platform, disfellowshipping's?
Wow. Memories. In our area, in the 1950's and early 1960's there were so many announced. At that time, any disfellowshipping, not just from your KHall, but from the surrounding area, was publicly announced. The congo over from us, had so many DF, that it traumitized me. This was the KHall that across the street from it, had a topless bar. It was usually for adultery.
How about a piano in every Kingdom Hall?
And always someone there who could play it (or pound away as the case may be)
Also the live orchestras at assemblies.
How about the brothers and sisters who played the piano at the KH? We had one sister who before becoming a JW had played honky tonk piano in night clubs. She always jazzed up the Kingdom songs. Loved her performance. She made JW songs almost pleasant to listen to.
Another time the sister who played the piano had to leave the meeting early for some reason. So when it came time to sing the final meeting song the brother conducting the meeting asked if someone would volunteer. So a brother volunteered. This guy had also played piano in night clubs and was very good at it. Unfortunately this evening he was plastered, but he played anyway. Another interesting performance.
When the GB eliminated live music at the KH and changed to canned music, singing at meetings was no longer fun.
I remember the jw's in our area referring to interested persons, bible students (ones with whom a bible study was being conducted) as "good wills" during the 50's.
just saying!
eyeuse2badub
People of good will
Back calls
My mom was literature servant because of the lack of men...she had to wear a hat all the time in the kh (she wore real ones..not handkerchiefs)
My father got dunked when I was 8, and was ministry school servant. I got to see how everyone did on the test...later called written review so dumb people wouldn't feel so bad about themselves. A score in the 90's was rare...
The excitement of the announcement of where the next 3 day circuit assembly was to be..we would go in Friday late aft, set up...then there was program Fri nite...sat morn service..aft and eve programming, then all day Sunday till about 5 pm.
Yeah...I remember the quota chart and the big blackboard with the monthly door to door sermon...4 scriptures, commentary to segue one to next....my parents never made me learn or do it...I got away with mag presentations till I was 14 Or 15 and got shamed into doing the big spiel because my friend who was a year younger was doing them. Damn her...
