Nanganganib na ganap ng matuyo ang puno (naka-inset) ng lauan (Shorea Negrosensis) na itinanim ni Mayor Marciano Brion Sr. noong Mayo 7, 1950 sa ngayon ay harapan ng barangay hall ng Barangay V-B,at ng BJMP District Jail upang payak na maipagdiwang ang ika-10 Anibersaryo ng Pagkakatatag ng Lunsod ng San Pablo na noong mga panahong yaon ay nagsisimula pa lamang makabangon mula sa malaking kapinsalaang tinamo nito dahil sa nagdaang Ikalawang Digmaang Pandaigdig. May mga umaasang ito ay maipahahayag na isa ng “heritage tree.” dahil sa ito ay bahagi na ng kasaysayan ng pamayan.(Ben Taningco)
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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