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LDS Church News Archives,
Saturday, October 8, 1988
Elder Melchin, 67, has been a regional representative since 1984. He served as president of the California Arcadia Mission from 1972-1975. He was Calgary Alberta welfare region agent, 1981-1984; president of the Calgary Alberta North Stake, 1969-1975; and bishop of the Calgary Ward, 1964-1969.
He was born in Kitchener, Ontario, May 24, 1921, to Arthur and Rosetta Wills Melchin. he attended Angus Business college for a year and a half before serving in the Eastern Canadian Mission. After his mission, he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1944-45. He married Evelyn Knowles on July 12, 1945, in the Logan (Utah) Temple. They are parents of four sons and three daughters.
At the time of his call as a General Authority he was a semi-retired businessman, having been in the automotive and auto transport business since 1949.
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