One of the old ways of interacting with people back then was to chat with them while sharing any food. “𝐏𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐠” or eating coconut pulp was a favorite because of its abundance. They called it the “𝐂𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲”. The picture shows former 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐆𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨𝐬𝐨 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐡𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐚 (mark x) who served in the town of Tagoloan from 1915-1919. The picture was taken on April 29, 1913.

The 𝐍𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐒𝐞ñ𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 of Tagoloan photo believed taken in the early 1900s by late 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐨 𝐀. 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧. Tagoloanon was seen cutting grasses as their way of cleaning the public plaza and burned it then. The building next to the church was believed to be the Catholic Parochial School which was established by the early Spanish priests assigned in Tagoloan. The Parochial School was then turned over to the RVM sisters and later changed its name to St. Mary’s High School and now the St. Mary’s Academy of Tagoloan.

The 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐧 was the 𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐀𝐍 𝐁𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐑𝐘 located at M.H. Del Pilar corner E. Jacinto St. adjacent of the defunc Handurawan sa Tagoloan – Museo. The most known “Galletas” and “Paboritas” in the 50s and 60s were made from this only bakery in town. The bakery business started in post-war II and stopped its operation when the only remaining bakery business oriented son and his family migrated to America. The family of late Amparo Yap Lee owned the bakery business.

The 𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥 of our 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐃𝐫. 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐥 was then located at the present 𝐀.𝐋. 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐢ñ𝐨, 𝐉𝐫. 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤. The statue was transferred at 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐨-𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 in 1980 leaving the old and original concrete pedestal built in the 1920s.