Out of the Past - Arthur Baptist Church

Courtesy of the 10-21-15 edition of Ida County Courier (www.idacountrycourier.com).  

OUT OF THE PAST - Forty years ago 
Members of the Arthur Baptist Church, located four miles south of Arthur, will observe the church’s 90th birthday this Sunday with a special anniversary service. The present church was completed on Sept. 1, 1887. The church was first organized in 1885 with a membership of 18 persons. Charles Waterbury serves as the interim layman speaker.

[Read more about the history of Arthur Baptist Church at Glenn  Gustafson's "Kiron Kountry"
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gwgustaf/library/Chur/chis_abc.htm ]