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Paul's Episcopal Church, serving as church treasurer, vestryman, Junior Warden and Senior
Warden, respectively. He was a lay reader of that denomination.

He was an acknowledged authority on ancient, modern, and religious history; a gifted artist in
pastels, oils, and water colors, and an accomplished musician.

His Masonic record was almost as long as his record of public service. He was initiated, passed,
and raised in Whatcom Lodge No. 151, in 1908. He served one year as Lodge Secretary and was
then elected Junior Warden, Senior Warden, and finally Worshipful Master in 1912. He was
Treasurer of the Lodge for thirty-three years, retiring from that office in 1952. Most Worshipful
Brother Heal was also an honorary member of Lynden No. 56, Fairhaven No. 73, Tanana No. 162,
and Bellingham Bay No. 44.
Additionally, he was Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of England near the Grand Lodge
of Washington.

He was a regular attendant and active participant in the affairs of Grand Lodge. In 1940 he was
appointed to the Masonic Home Board and served two years. He was then appointed Grand Orator,
and following this served three years on the Jurisprudence Committee. Elected Junior Grand
Warden in 1946, he thereafter advanced each year, becoming Grand Master at the Grand Lodge
Annual Communication at Seattle in 1949.
It is said that the year Most Worshipful Brother Heal presided as Grand Master was one of the
happiest ever experienced by Grand Lodge. The great number of visits he made combined with his
friendliness and congeniality left a host of personal friends in all parts of Washington and Alaska.
With not only the largest membership ever attained, and the greatest period of material prosperity,
but also the general feeling of fraternal good fellowship, the members of the Grand Lodge will
look upon the year just closing as a year of great service and growth.

Following his tenure as Grand Master, he served on the Finance Committee until the spring of
1958 when he resigned owing to poor health. Most Worshipful Brother Henry (Harry) Charles
Heal passed to the Supreme Grand Lodge on August 17, 1958.