This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Latter Day Saints Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/1566 Message Board Post: THE SIDNEY ARGUS - HERALD. Dec. 17, 1931. "Fire Destroys Landmark".--Thurman and vicinity suffered a loss Sunday which is very much regretted by the entire county. The Latter Day Saints church, located about a mile and a half east of Thurman, burned to the ground, with all its contents. This church had served the community for its various gatherings for over forty years, having been built in 1889. Sabbath school was held Sunday morning, but as there was to be no preaching service on that day the congregation departed earlier than had been the custom. About 2:00 o'clock a passerby saw smoke issuing from the roof and spread the alarm, but by the time help could be summoned the building, which was of frame construction, was a mass of flames. The benches, furnishings, piano and all else were of the best materials and a credit to any rural organization. Because of lack of water nothing could be saved.