Trivia From Ma'am Leng Comoda (Santiago City)

 

At Present Bell Beside St.James Parish Convent Santiago City 2021 Photo Courtesy of Isabelita Bayaua Gregorio

This is the exact bell used by the church of Carig (old name of Santiago) during the Spanish regime. Made of bronze, this weighs roughly around 200 kilograms.
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PNB Building

The Church of Santiago 1910
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Photographer Bruner, E. Murray

Fr. Conrad Blanchet, M.S
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•  Santiago was formely called Carig.

•  It was formerly a barrio of Echague

•  The towns Cordon, Diffun, Saguday, San Mateo and Ramon were formerly its barrios.

•  The first five barrios after the Cadastral survey in 1927 were Patul, Batal, Nabbuan, Buenavista and Dubinan

•  The area bounded by the Provincial road on the NW Carreon St on the SW Abauag St on the NE and the lot of the Methodist on the SE was the site of the first public school building before it became a market site.

•  The present site of the PNB was the site of the old Municipio, sold to PNB during the administration of Mayor Andres Acosta for P1.00

•  The lot now occupied by the heirs of Santiago Lumidao fronting the NAWASA was formerly the old Spanish Cuartel 

•  The present Dubinan School and North Central School sites were former cemetery sites.

•  The lime used in the construction of the church in Santiago were quarried from Potia, Mt. Province 

•  The first Rural Bank in Northern Luzon is in Santiago.

•  The La Salette Fathers headed by Fr. Conrad Blanchet arrived in Santiago on December 21, 1948

•  The first native Doctor of Medicine, Lawyer, CPA, Dr. of Dentistry, Pharmacists are Dr. Pascual Fernandez, Atty Domingo Maddumba, Lucas C Taguinod, Dr. Jose C Tumanut and Nenifa Carreon 

•  Eustaquio Bayaua, reportedly a strong man, singly brought the bell up to the church tower thru the spiral stair of the old church 

•  Pacifico Alvarez of Santiago became Division Superintendent of Schools 

•  The longest hike by Boy Scouts was recorded by the La Salette Scouts in 1955 from Gamu to Manila under the leadership of Fr. John Pelissier MS

•  No native was ever elected Mayor of Santiago since the Philippine became a Commonwealth

•  Santiago was liberated from the Japanese on June 13, 1945

REFERENCE:

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https://www.lasalette.org/

http://www.oocities.org/capitolhill/lobby/7788/history.html