The Lodge Room was located on the second floor of the new hall. The lower level was used as a community hall with rental fees payable to the Lodge. The rental fee was set at $5 plus an extra $1.50 for use of kitchen and lunch area. Churches and Womens ’ Institute were exempt from the $1.50 levy. Rentals for concerts and practices were $2 It is noteworthy that a trustee was elected each year as a Lodge Officer to handle all rentals and to represent the Brethren on the Hall’s Board of Trustees. The Brethren were concerned with payment of the debt of approximately $3200 on the new Hall. A regular schedule (twice monthly) of community entertainment was featured as an acceptable source of funds. An Entertainment Committee became a Standing Committee of the Lodge. In March 1929 the Lodge was billed $1.50 for light after midnight on entertainment night. The Secretary was instructed to contact the secretary of the Hunter River Electric Co. and to advise that lights would be no longer required. (One of the few instances where Freemasons have sought less light.) In 1929 it was decided to have family entertainment during the Festival of St John the Evangelist (December 27) and also a dance and card party on New Year’s Eve. The entertainment on St John’s Night followed a Regular Communication and was held at the home of W.Bro. A.B. Cutcliffe.

 The Lodge had a total membership of nineteen in the 1927. (Grand Lodge Proceedings 1927) None of the twelve members who demitted from Prince Edward in 1927 were Past Masters. There were sixteen Charter Members. The Lodge enjoyed a brief but significant growth spurt and raised eleven Master Masons in the first three years. During the Depression and WWII the membership plateaued at approximately thirty-five for fifteen years. Only sixteen Brethren were raised in Prince of Wales during that period.

The new Lodge hosted the Fifty-Fourth Annual Communication of Grand Lodge on June 26, 1929. The event was originally scheduled for Crapaud but the new Hall was not completed in time so the Brethren of Prince of Wales requested to host the meeting. There was much excitement around the preparations with scrubbing, cleaning and arranging food and entertainment. The meat staples were corned beef and tongue. Members met on June 14 to receive their lists of food items to be provided and to prepare the room. The Worshipful Master was W.Bro. George Green and the Grand Master was M.W.Bro. Peter Sinclair. The meeting began at 10:00 a.m. and Lodge was called to refreshment at high noon for two hours and again at 4:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m.. On June 29 the Grand Secretary conveyed appreciation on behalf of the Grand Master to the Brethren of Prince of Wales and noted that ninety-eight members and forty-one visitors attended. He also noted “the tables which groaned with the good things supplied to fill the requirements of the Brethren at refreshment.” Might that be a variation on ‘the tongue of good report’?