900 volunteers show up after tornado rips apart Thurman, IA, pop. 250

Perry Beeman, of the Des Moines Register reports that, although the emergency curfew wasn't lifted until 9:00 am, Sunday, the first of 900 volunteers started showing up in Thurman at 8:30.
     Sandra Umphreys thought the tornado had sucked up all her family's momentos, but when family members arrived to clear the rubble, they found a ribbon reading, "Husband," — from the 2-year-old funeral of her spouse, Rod, former Thurman mayor and father of the current mayor, Rod, Jr.
     Later, Copper, the family's Beagle mix dog, who liked to sleep under a shed that the tornado flattened, was found alive.
     Mayor Umphreys said Thurman should be close to normal by Wednesday.
The 900 volunteers who showed up Sunday were from Percival, Sidney and Fremont-Mill High School in Tabor, among other places.
     They were followed by at least another 270 Monday. More are expected Tuesday, from Wisconsin, Kansas City, and Montana.