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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.

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