MUNICIPALITY OF MAUBAN, QUEZON, Historical Data of Part 8

1. Improvement of the streets and building of concrete bridges over canals;

2. Put up numbers on all houses and names of the streets;

3. Construction of the slaughterhouse near the public market;

4. The new Catholic church was begun in 1951. This church was built through contributions by the townspeople;

5. The concrete tennis court was begun in 1952 by the Mauban Catholic League; and

6. In the latter part of 1952, the Public Library was put up in one of the rooms of the Municipal Building, second floor.

REPORT ON

A - DESTRUCTION OF LIVES, PROPERTIES AND INSTITUTIONS
DURING WARS 1896 - 1900 AND 1941 - 1945

By — (MRS.) CIRILA H. Almira

1896 - 1900 Wars

Lives lost in the Philippine Civil War of 1896-1900 were only a few. About three men lost their lives because they were Katipuneros killed by the Guardias Civil and Voluntarios. Two women were killed by an accidental firing that occurred on day in the Spanish barracks. They were not killed intentionally. While on the other hand, Francisco Rivera, the Municipal Secretary in 1897, was the only one killed by the Katipuneros.

Here are the names of the men killed by the Guardias Civil and Voluntarios:

Destruction of lives in Mauban during Second World War was so enormous and done in different ways. Many were the soldiers who died in the battlefields in 1941, in the Bataan Death March, in the Capas Concentration Camp, and in hospitals. More than the soldiers were the civilians and guerrillas tortured first and then killed afterwards by the cruel and inhuman Japanese. Lastly were Mauban's pro-Japanese who were killed by the guerrillas.

The soldiers who died in the battlefields, in the Bataan Death March, in Capas, and in Hospitals were as follows:

The last group of men who lost their lives were the Mauban civilians and guerrilla suspects whom the Japanese killed. Three were about hit by the bullets when they landed at the port on December 24, 1941. Many were suspected to be connected with the underground movement, and so they were confined, tortured, and then murdered by those heartless Japs. Still many others were barrio folks who were massacred by the wandering Japanese in the different barrios when Mauban was already liberated by the Americans on April 10, 1945.

To this group belonged the following:

who were able to come to town earlier just after their landing to loot the merchandise as much as they could carry. In short, no total destruction of the town was done from 1941 to the early part of 1944.

Final destruction of one of the districts of the town, which was Daungan, occurred on April 10, 1945 upon the coming of the Americans to liberate the town from the fierce Japanese. About one half of the houses of Daungan were hit and burned to ashes by the American bombs that were dropped in that place due to the fact that the Japanese were concentrated in that part of the town. Not even a single building or property was demolished during the bombardment. Cine Palace, owned by the late Francisco Palacio, was the only business house demolished.

The following were the persons who owned the residential houses that turned to ashes:

About three hundred seventy coconut groves were cut by the Japanese with the help of the civilians and used for building their dugouts and foxholes. Those trees were owned by several persons of the town. Fowls, swines, and other animals products were being confiscated and killed from time to time without any payment given to the owners. Pieces of furniture left in houses by the townspeople were transported to other towns and sold at any cost.

The estimated total value of the destruction of Mauban during World War II is stated as follows:

Information on books and documents treating of the Philippines and the names of their owners.

The following books or pamphlets are owned by Mr. Epifanio Micor.

The names of Filipino authors born or residing in the community, the titles and subjects of their works, whether printed or in manuscript form, and the names of the persons possessing them.

A. Author - Father Horacio de la Costa, S.J.; Person Possessing - Mrs. Luz S. Villamayor; Titles ang subjects of his works:

B - Author - Mr. Zosimo Ella; Person Possessing - Mr. Epifanio Micor; Title of his Works: GLOSSARY OF IMPORTANT ECONOMIC TERMS

C - Author - Father Horacio de la Costa, S.J.; Person Possessing - Mr. Adonis Almirañez; Titles of his works: RIDING IN THE WHIRLWIND - Published by the Sunday Times Magazine - Vol VII No. 107 December 2, 1951

D - Author - Atty. Elias Desembrana; Person Possessing - Mrs. Luz S. Villamayor; Title of his works: LAMENTATIONS

E - Author - Mr. Bonifacio Villanueva; Person Possessing - Mr. Jovito Villamayor; Title of his works - KASAYSAYAN NG MAUBAN

F - Author - Mr. Tubias Y. Enverga; Person Possessing - Mr. Silverio Deligente; Title of his works - HOW I FOUND GOD April 8, 1952 Published by Chicago Daily Sunday Times

G - Author - Father Horcio de la Costa, S.J.; Person Possessing - Mr. Bayani Villamayor; Title of his works - THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN 1953 Published by The Sunday Times Magazine Vol VII No. 182 Feb. 15, 1953

Philippine (Republic) Bureau of Public Works, Division of Quezon.

History and Cultural Life of the Barrios of Mauban