[Iggy]

Originally Posted by Tebium

So what time period did the Church decide to stick a basketball court in every church building?

When I first joined the Church in 1967- the North Seattle Stake building had a gym that was separated from the chapel by a short wall (no higher than the backs of the pews) and a sliding heavy curtain above the short wall. We had a full stage, and also the fully equipped kitchen was adjacent to the gym.

We had plays on a quarterly basis, dances of all kinds, and of course basketball complete with hoops. We also had badminton and volleyball in there.

Every other Saturday afternoon during the summer the MIA (Mutual Improvement Association -forerunner of todays YW-YM) would help with a "Drive in Theater" for the Primary Children, that was held in the gym. The kids sat in cardboard boxes painted to look like cars, had a cardboard box with yarn attached that "hooked" onto their "car"= speaker, and they watched a couple of cartoons and a children's movie that we borrowed from the Public Library. We also showed Church made movies. We had popcorn and cookies (all made by & cooked by the MIA in the kitchen) and the inevitable kool-ade.