MUNICIPALITY OF MULANAY, QUEZON, Historical Data of Part 2

Late in the morning of that eventful Three Kings' Day in 1896, the townspeople, who were always fearfully watching the flag signal on the summit of the Tala Mountain nervously, learned that the "tulisanes" were at the entrance of the town. The "tulisanes" in one group met the town "sumatin" reinforced by the brave men of the town in another group near the center of the poblacion. At first, both groups were adamant, for the belligerent fighters on both sides merely eyed each other. The silent moments were followed by the bloody skirmishes for the men on both sides were armed with bows and arrows, spear, and sharp bolos. The desperate attempt of the brave "tulisanes" to defeat the town's defenders was futile. Seeing that two of their comrades who were fatally wounded fell on the ground, the robbers took to their heels and fled to the distant mountains. The robbers suffered many casualties, dead and wounded, while the courageous town defenders did not lose anybody among them. The fallen robbers received their deadly blows from the hands of Messrs. Francisco Casanada and Adriano Asia.

That bloody incident on Three Kings' Day in 1896 saved the town of Mulanay from the Spanish soldiers' bombardment of the town, for it proved the falsity of the report to the Spanish authorities that Captain Prudencio Tesalona was clandestinely in connivance with the insurgents. The Spaniards believed that the "tulisanes" were insurgents, and that the resistance of the townspeople against the "tulisanes" meant that Captain Prudencio Tesalona was not conniving with the outlaws long wanted by the Spanish authorities. In token of the signal victory of the town defenders, the Spanish authorities awarded the "Civil Merit" to Capitan Prudencio Tesalona.

1. May 1, 1915 - A great conflagration of undetermined origin gutted the houses in the northwestern part of the town. The big residential homes of the well-to-do families were burned to ashes.

2. April 1937 - The northern part of the town was razed by fire of undetermined beginning.

3. 1937 - The late President Manuel Quezon, with the Hon. Elpidio Quirino and party, visited the town. The two leaders addressed the public at the Mulanay Tennis Court.

1. General Gaudencio V. Vera, then a sergeant, organized his guerrillas in the sitio of Lanite, Mulanay, Quezon in the latter part of 1942.

2. In June 1943, Captain Robert Stall landed at Patabog with his American and Filipino members of the Allied Intelligence Bureau agents. A radio station was installed in that barrio. That was the

3. In August 1943, a Japanese platoon under the command of Captain Yaw raided the town of Mulanay and apprehended several residents of the town for connivance with the guerrillas. Among them were Dr. Marcelino A. Morales, Mr. Vitaliano Aguirre, and Mr. Aquilino Rosas. They were taken to the barrio of Santa Rosa were they were interrogated and tortured. Luck smiled on them for none of them was killed. They released the suspects at once.

4. In October 1944, a group of guerrillas of the Neilson Unit under Captains Osmundo Mondenedo and Jose Maxino harassed several Japanese soldiers who landed at the Sagongon Beach from their launch. The guerrillas fired at the enemies and hurled hand grenades at them.

5. In June 1947, Father Amado Casanada of San Narciso, Quezon founded the defunct West Coast Institute, which offered the First and Second years of the Secondary Course.

6. In July, 1949, Mr. Vicente Vilar founded the New West Coast Institute, which was offering the first three years of the high school course at this writing.

7. In May 1947, the split of the local Nacionalista Party resulted in the separation of the Aguirre followers and the Loveria men. The latter affiliated with the local Liberal Party, while the Aguirre faction remained in the old party. The former won in the following elections.

8. In 1952, Atty. Tagumpay Nanadiego of this town was sent by the AFP to Korea to join the Peftok in the Judge Advocate General's Office there.

9. On October 24, 1952, Typhoon Trix swept over the Bondoc Peninsula and wrought great destruction on the Municipality of Mulanay, Quezon. Many houses, including the church and the school buildings, were destroyed. Ninety per cent of the coconut trees and other crops were destroyed.

There was no destruction of lives, properties, and institutions as a result of the Revolution in this town.

During World War II, the cattle industry of Mulanay, Quezon suffered great losses. Almost all of the cattle was lost through cattle rustling and theft by lawless people. Many cows were confiscated by the Japanese soldiers. Many cattle owners gave cows to the guerrillas for their consumption.

1. Sickness is caused by unseen people.

2. Infants' deformities are caused by the mothers' failure to eat what they want during the period of conception.

3. Before rice is harvested, an old man picks a handful of palay stalks laden with grains and walks around the field in a stooping position to simulate the weight of the palay on his shoulder. It is believed that the practice will cause a plentiful harvest.