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New temple president

Published: Saturday, Aug. 13, 1988

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Ralph Pulman, 62, called as president of the London Temple, succeeding Pres. Arthur Henry King. Pres. Pulman served as president of the Canada Vancouver Mission, regional representative, counselor to five mission presidents, stake president, and district president. He was a district commissioner of Scouting for 10 years. His wife, Retta Wynder Crapo Pulman, will be temple matron. She has served in the Primary, YWMIA, and as a ward Relief Society President. She also serve a mission in Idependence, Mo., and more recently served as a seminary teacher. The Pulmans are members of the Merthyr Tydfil Ward, Merthyr Tydfil Wales Stake. Pres. Pulman was educated as an engineer at the Quakers Yard Technical College and is a real estate developer and company director. Pres. Pulman was widowed five years ago and has six children. Sister Pulman was widowed nine years ago and has five children. The couple was married a year ago in the Alberta Temple.