The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-01-07
ROUNDS OUT -FOUR
SCORE OF YEARS
MRS. TUBBS FORMERLY OF SAUK
CENTRE, ENJOYING LIF'S
SUNSET.
RESIDES AT Los ANGELES, CAL.
NEIGHBORS OF EARLY DAYS
HELP CELEBRATE EVENT
POETICAL TRIBUTE,

L/Old residents of Sank Centre rem
ember Mrs. L. E. Tubbs and children
and the heroic fight she made to keep
her family together and the sacrifices
endured to give her children an edu-
cation that would fit them for their
life's work. All of them graduated
with honor from the Sank Centre high
school, and several of them secured
university degrees.
The family moved away from Sank
Centre several years ago and at pres
ent Mrs. Tubbs resides at Asp w 16
street, Los Angeles, Cal. This splen-
did woman passed the 80th milestone
in her life's journey on Dec. 14th, and
the event was fittingly celebrated by
the family, neighbors and friends. In
the evening number of former Sank
Centre people took possession of the
cosy home and the pioneer scenes of
the old town were gone over and over
again. The gathering was a comp etc
surprise to Mrs. Tubbs and was ar
ranged by her daughter, Miss Julia.
A feature of the dinner was magni-
fcient birthday cake Illuminated with
80 candles. The aged hostess was
presented with suitable token of es-
TEEN by her Sank Centre friends, the
following being in attendance: Mr..
and Mrs. L. Kells, Miss Blanche Kells,
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Woods, Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Woods, Mr.. and Mrs. Null
len (nee Della Bishop, Mrs. L. S.
Bishop, and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Carver, Mrs. and Mrs. Orison
Bryant, Mr.. and Mrs. Merlin Bryant,
Mr.. and Mrs. Stogle (nee Flora Bur-
gess), Mrs. W. Reylick, and Winthrop
D. Tubbs.
In honor of this event Mayor Nc
Gibbon of Sank Centre, an old friend
of the lady, composed the following
fitting poetical tribute to Mrs. Tubbs,
which was read at the gathering:
True Womanhood
dedicated to Mrs. L. E. Tubbs)
If were an artist with steady hand,
I'd paint no scene of sea or land;
But would paint-that is if 1 could,
A perfect type of true womanhood.
If were a poet my muse should sing
No idle song for queen or king;
But I would write-that is if l could,
A perfect song of true womanhood.
If were a sculptor with cunning eye,
I'd carve no image of things on high"
But l would carve-that is if I could,
A perfect type of true womanhood.
And for a model, what would do?
I'd search the earth DER till I'd find
you.
The world I'd show for know I could,
The perfect type of true womanhood.
John N. McGibbon.
In the early days of Sank Centre
Mrs. Tubbs resided in small cottage
standing on the site of the home now
owned by Mrs. B. T. Merryman. The
men erecting the first dam across
Sank River at this point and the flour
mill boarded at the home of Mrs.
Tubbs. The children of this splendid
type of womanhood are each and ev-
eryone a distinct credit to Sank Gen..
tire, and are as follows: Mrs. Belle
Minneapolis; Winthrop Tubbs, Los
Angeles, CAL; H. Tubbs, holding re-
sponsible position with Wyman-Part-
ridge Co., Of Minneapolis; H. B. Tubbs
secretary-treasurer of the Zinke
Wholesale Grocery Co., of Fon du Lac,
Wis; and Miss Julia Tubbs, residing
withe her mother in Los Angeles.
H. Whitefield and others have re-
Gently received letters from Mrs.
Tubbs in which she states that while
she is at the sunset of life, the joy of
living is sweet, and that her mind
often travels back to the friends of
long ago in Sank Centre.