The Sauk Centre herald., 1925-01-01
Ninetieth Birthday Finds Mrs.
L. E. Tubbs Hale and Hearty

Mrs. l.. E. Tubbs celebrated he
Goth birthday at her home 4512 w
18th St., Los Angeles, Cal. Dec. 18th
She received over 125 letters anC
cards and several kilograms from hel
friends and relatives. A great man!
of the cards and letters coming from
Sauk Centre.
. The following letter from hel
granddaughter, Julia Bell received
. by Mr.. and Mrs. C. M. Bryant Of
this city, both of whom are cousins
g. of Mrs. Tubbs, will be of interest to
Sauk Centre people:
Los Angeles, Cal. Dec. 16, 1924
This is to tell you about the little
celebration we had in honor of Grand
mother and her Goth birthday ami
yersary.
About a week ago this Monday
night Aunt Julia made out the list of
friends to have invited to our tea and
/ called them up and invited them.
We have such fun with grandmother.
y When l would be phoning she would
come rushing to tell the people not
. to bring presents. Later in the week
when talking over the friends invited
she would say care you sure you told
them not to bring presents" "No,
c ] sud l said lie sure al bring a
present. Aunt Julia would chime
in and say that she added eff they
didn't know what to bring to be sure
nnl ,,ooDn co,,oafliro fho ho1o
family could use" Well you should
have seen grandmother, we laughed
till we cried, it was so funny. Why
L. we said if they didn't know enough to
bring presents when you are ninety
. they certainly should be told" Her
, birthday really began Friday when
she: received in the mail a card from
DR.. Lewis of Sauk Centre,s letter
from Mrs. Simonton, a card from the
SON of her sister Kate with copy Of
his mothers girlhood picture. Just as
grandmother was leaving the sitting
room to go to bed your letter came
I and she was very much pleased. Sat- |
urday brought many more cards and
letters. A very cute card from "Bil-
1y" Tubbs (Ben's boy) "cheer up, the
first hundred years are the hardest"
and with it a really wonderful. letter
for young boy. A very nice letter
from Ruth Tucker from Maine and |
Uncle Ben. In the afternoon the !
women of the Ladies' Aid Society of /
her church brought her a beautiful
Angel cake - And the flowers be-
gan coming Saturday afternoon. That
night Lu Harmon Morgan telephoned.i
She has just arrived in town. We in
vlted her to come over Sunday and /
spend the day. The day dawned t
bright and clear. All the smornine
flowers kept coming and four tele-
grams arrived. One sent as vote
of the Congregational church of Sauk
Centre.1' One from Uncle Ben and /,
family. More flowers. | think about
~ bouquets in all; including cut ,
flowers and potted plants. Uncle
Win arrived for breakfast and stayed
all day until at least $50, longer than +,
he has ever stayed before. Grand
mother made mince pie for dinner ,
and pressed her party dress. Then |
we excused her and l got the dinner
with uncle Win frying .the steak. 7
Mrs. Morgan came just as we, were +
ready to putfon the dinner Aunt I
Julia, unfortunately, had a miserable $
head, so stayed in bed until just in !
time for getting grandmother&ready
Uncle Harry, Mrs. Morgan and 1 .
did the dishes. The hours of the tea l,a
We're, from two to six, during that .
time IS people called. Grace Walker
helped me with the service in the
dining room. We served tea with
lemon or cream, little frosted cakes a