Sa flag ceremonies sa city hall noong Lunes ng umaga, ay pormal na kinilala ni Mayor Vicente B. Amante ang pagkapaghandog ng isang kompletong yunit ng anaesthesia machine sa San Pablo City General Hospital ng Philippine American Medical Society of Western Pennsylvania na kasalukuyang pinangunguluhan ni Dr. Rogelio Irlandez Borja, sa pamamagitan ng pagkakaloob ng isang plake na nagpapadama ng pagpapahalaga at pasasalamat sa lipunan ng mga manggagamot na nasa puso ang pagtulong sa kanilang mga kababayan sa pamayanang kinakitaan nila ng unang liwanag.
Sina Engineers Emmanuel Briñas at Roberto I. Borja ang kumatawan sa lipunan ng mga manggagamot sa pagtanggap ng plake ng pagpapahalaga. (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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