Weeks before the new temple was announced, the old hall was running at full capacity. A February 1930 notice advertised degree work beginning at 9 a.m. and running until about 10 p.m., with candidates reporting in three shifts and dinner served at noon. A. A. Stone was Worshipful Master; James F. Helms, secretary.
The membership had outgrown the first hall completely. The building program that followed was less an ambition than a necessity.
The source
Houston Chronicle, Feb. 8, 1930, p. 12: a Lodge Notices item announcing Reagan Lodge’s all-day Master degree work, signed A. A. Stone, W.M., and James F. Helms, secretary.
