The 100-year old Malinaw Lodge No. 25 of the Free and Accepted Masons of the Philippines held its Public Installation of Officers last Saturday afternoon, March 10, 2012, at their newly constructed three-storey reinforced concrete Masonic Building at T. Azucena corner F. Zulueta Streets in San Pablo City with Supreme Court Justice Brother Arturo D. Brion as guest speaker. VWB Victorino F. Javier Jr. was the Installing Officer. Installed as lead officers of the lodge were (from left) Senior Warden Glenn P. Flores, Worshipful Master Leonel Mario F. Barte, and Junior Warden Bibiano C. Concibido Jr. (Ruben E. 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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