Makikita sa larawan si City Administrator Loreto S. Amante samantalang tinatanggap ang Plaque of Recognition na iginawad ng Association of Local Social Welfare and Development Officers of the Philippines, Inc. kay San Pablo City Mayor Vicente B. Amante bilang Most Outstanding City Mayor of the Philippines in the Field of Social Welfare and Development mula kay DSWD Undersecretary Lualhati Pablo, na sinaksihan nina Laguna Senior Board Member Karen C. Agapay, Laguna Provincial Social Welfare and Development Officer and ALSWDOPI National President Ernesto M. Montecillo, Davao del Norte Governor. Rodolfo P. del Rosario at Davao City Administrator Atty. Wendel E. Avisado. Ginanap ang pagpaparangal sa Grand Men Seng Hotel sa Downtown ng Davao City noong Miyerkoles ng tanghali. (7LPC/ sandy belarmino)
What is now known as Doña Leonila (Mini-Forest) Park overlooking the Sampaloc Lake is actually a portion of the site for the City Hall Complex purchased in 1937 by the Municipal Government of San Pablo headed by President Inocencio Barleta, which was partly developed after the termination of World War II under the administration of appointed City Mayor, Dr. Fernando A. Bautista. During the incumbency of elected Mayor Lauro D. Dizon Sr., with the help of the Rotary Club of San Pablo, and under the supervision of Dr. Juan B. Hernandez, then club secretary of the local Rotary Club and Chairman of the City Beautification Committee, constructed some park structures at the park, with the fountain featuring the country lass with agriculture harvest as centerpiece. Probably, Hernandez and then City Engineer Perfecto Reyes were inspired by the figures affixed on the façade of the City Hall Building which symbolizes progress. Sometimes on April of 1961 when then President Carlos Garcia made a
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