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August 15, Friday
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Movie Night
What happens when a princess from the fairy world gets magically transported into the real world?...Read More >>
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August Village Board Minutes Online
Village Board MinutesThe August Village Board meeting minutes are available online. Stay informed about events in Philmont...


Philmont Community Day
Community DayMany festivities are planned for Philmont’s Annual Community Day to be held this year on Saturday, July 19th...


Food Co-op Comes To Philmont Community Center
Community CenterGrocery options in Philmont just got better. Starting in June, New Country Value Foods, with the cooperation of the Philmont Community Center, will be delivering to Philmont once a month...

Philmont Library Newsletter
Philmont LibraryThe Spring/Summer Philmont Library newsletter is available online. Catch up with everything at the little library that could...

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Volunteers are always welcome to become involved in all aspects of Village activities. Contact the Village Office for up-to-date chairpersons for the area that interests you:
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Historic Philmont Column

Baseball, Part II
by Charles R. Nichols

Philmont Baseball This part of the Baseball series begins about the time when the Great Depression hit the United States, and ends with the advent of the consolidated schools. The teams then were no longer ‘Philmont’ teams, but belonged to the school.

Baseball teams were in no short supply during the 1920’s and early 1930’s. The first photo is of the Philmont High School baseball team of 1932. The gentleman in the center wearing a suit was ‘Prof’ Case – school principal, and not a force to be toyed with as any number of students from that era still recall !

During this period, home games were still being played on the Bidwell lot, but something happened to change the game of baseball in Philmont... Read Story and View Photos >>

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