Some members were discussing lodge Master Mason membership numbers recently. Here are some historical membership numbers according to Lodge Annual Return Documents.
1900- 256
1910- 435
1915- 469
1929- 1053
1941- 699
1946- 883
1959-1260
From 1900 to 1929 the lodge increased in membership even as Anchor Lodge 980 and Further Light Lodge 1130 gained Charters and also grew. Membership shrank from 1929- 1941. In 1946, the 100th anniversary of the lodge, the membership was 883. The lodge membership peaked in 1959 at 1260.
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