Village native, now living in Texas, donates $1 million to his alma mater. PHILO — When Bob Trost was visiting his native Philo in 2005, it bothered the Dallas businessman that the Trost name wasn't among the many in the program for the centennial at St. Thomas Catholic Grade School. After all, his family's Philo roots reached to the 1890s, when his farmer grandfather, Eli Trost, built a home there. read more