Fremont County, Iowa
Churches
Mount Zion Church
Mt. Zion Church, Picnic
September 9, 1928
Mt. Zion Church Gathering
September 9, 1928
Mt. Zion Church
Tornado Photos, 1925
Mt Zion Church was hit by a tornado in 1925. These few snapshots were found in a collection of photos held by Frank and Nettie Ruse Bell.
The Bells, who were known affectionately as Mom Bell and Gramp Frank by all their grandchildren, were regular attendees of Mt. Zion Church, during the 1940s. They drove an Model-A car to church on Sundays,
and on the corner of their property stood a small house, appropriately
called the Little House. During the early 1940’s, Brother and Sister Howard, lived in the Little House, as Brother Howard served as the minister at Mt. Zion Church.
By the late 1940s, services were no longer held in the church. Mr. Irwin remembers stopping with his dad, on occasion, and sitting in one of the pews, looking at the hymnals that were still in place.
(photos and notes contributed by Glenn Irwin, grandson of the Bells.)
Mount Zion Tornado Damage
News Articles
The Tabor Beacon
July 16, 1925
Mt. Zion Church Meeting: A meeting will be held Friday evening, July 17 at 8 o'clock, at the Wolkins place in Mt. Zion neighborhood, to see what steps can be taken toward salvaging
the material and rebuilding the Mr. Zion church, which was recently destroyed by a tornado. This is of both social and religious importance to the neighborhood. Everybody invited to attend.
The Tabor Beacon
July 23, 1925
Clean up Day at Mt. Zion
Wednesday, July 29th, has been set as clean-up day to clear up the wreckage of Mr. Zion church. All who can give the day to this work are urged to come and bring their tools and picnic dinner.
It has been decided to re-build the church, and a building committee is working on plans.
Source: (Top 2 photos) From the Susie (Evans) Booker Photograph Collection; Contributed by Roy Booker
Source: (tornado photos) From the Bell Family Collection; Contributed by Glenn Irwin, Omaha, Nebraska.
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