The Trumbo family gave a picnic in the woods near the home of Mrs. West Matlock, at Yorkville, Thursday. Sixty-seven were present and all are related either by marriage or birth. It was decided to incorporate under the name of “The Trumbo Family Association” and hold a picnic once each year. The Trumbos are old residents of La Salle county and reside in Rutland and Dayton townships. The descendants of the number 250, the majority of whom reside in this county within a radius of fifty miles of each other. Mrs. West Matlock is one of the oldest surviving members of the family. She is 68 years old and has three children, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

The most interesting feature of Thursday’s picnic was a game of baseball between the old men and young men. Tom MacKinlay, Theo. Gibson and Ben Hess played like Trojans and Theo. caught one youngster between second and third base and nearly knocked him silly trying to play the old game “pot ball.” All the party had an enjoyable time and arrived home safe and sound.¹

Mrs. West Matlock was the former Lavina Trumbo, daughter of Mathias and Rebecca (Grove) Trumbo. She was born in Licking county, Ohio, on September 11, 1820, and married West Matlock in La Salle county on February 23, 1840. She was the niece of Barbara (Grove) Green.

1. Ottawa Free Trader, May 4, 1890, p. 5.