The service employees union said its membership would now exceed 1.8 million.
By the time he retired in 1945, membership had exceeded 50,000.
By 1978, membership exceeded 60,000 and a third branch was opened.
It was founded in 1975 and as of 2008 its international membership exceeds 1,200.
There are over 30 national chapters, in countries where membership exceeds 25 individual members.
And the order continued to expand, with membership exceeding a million by the 1940's.
According to one analyst, total membership of the organization never exceeded 1,500 at any point in the group's existence.
Membership exceeded 36,000 in July 1935, only 27% of whom were contributors.
The membership of the Council only very rarely exceeds seven members over the following two centuries.
Current membership incorporating senior and youth members exceeds 500 people.