Umabot sa kabuuang 1,037 senior citizen mula sa mga Bayan ng Alaminos, Calauan, Victoria, Rizal, Nagcarlan, at Liliw, at Lunsod ng San Pablo ang nasukatan ng grado ng mata noong Sabado ng maghapon na ginanap sa Siesta Residencia de Arago sa Green Valley Subdivision upang mapagkalooban ng walang bayad na salamin sa mata ni Congresswoman Ma. Evita R. Arago sa pakikipagtulungan ng Indian Chamber of Commerce, Inc. Ang nagsagawa ng pagsusukat ay 10 optometrist na may kasamang isang ophthalmologist bilang kasangguni, at ang yari ng salamin ay ihahatid sa tahanan ng mga pagkakalooban pagkaraan ng 15 araw. (CIO/Diogenes L. Bunquin)
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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