In looking through the old minutes and reports of the Indianapolis Masonic Temple Association, Wbros. Brindle and Dillman have discovered some fascinating statistics from its early days. These are from 1919.
41,266 banquet meals were served in the year 1919 at an average of fifty-four cents per plate ($7.00 in today's money).
1174 meetings were held in the temple in 1919.
There were 96 meetings in December of 1919 alone. Christmas parties and Feasts of St. John were very big. There were thirty-six banquets held that month. 5,764 meals were served at those thirty-six banquets, and there were eight additional punch services.
The Indianapolis Masonic Temple Association treasurer's total receipts in 1919 were $154,370. Adjusted for inflation, that would be $2,001,787 in today's dollars.