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    Firsts in Catbalogan

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    This document lists many "firsts" in the history of Catbalogan City in Samar province, Philippines. It includes the first people to hold various positions and roles such as the first parish priest, first governor, first mayor, and more. It also outlines important early establishments and innovations like the first waterworks system, first high school, first private school, and first businesses like the first bakery, first restaurant, and first radio station. The list of over 100 firsts was compiled from extensive research and interviews with knowledgeable locals to create an authentic record of pioneers and milestones in Catbalogan's development.

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    Firsts in Catbalogan

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    This document lists many "firsts" in the history of Catbalogan City in Samar province, Philippines. It includes the first people to hold various positions and roles such as the first parish priest, first governor, first mayor, and more. It also outlines important early establishments and innovations like the first waterworks system, first high school, first private school, and first businesses like the first bakery, first restaurant, and first radio station. The list of over 100 firsts was compiled from extensive research and interviews with knowledgeable locals to create an authentic record of pioneers and milestones in Catbalogan's development.

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    Taken from 1970 Fiesta Souvenir of Catbalogan.

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    This document lists many "firsts" in the history of Catbalogan City in Samar province, Philippines. It includes the first people to hold various positions and roles such as the first parish priest, first governor, first mayor, and more. It also outlines important early establishments and innovations like the first waterworks system, first high school, first private school, and first businesses like the first bakery, first restaurant, and first radio station. The list of over 100 firsts was compiled from extensive research and interviews with knowledgeable locals to create an authentic record of pioneers and milestones in Catbalogan's development.

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    Firsts in Catbalogan

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    This document lists many "firsts" in the history of Catbalogan City in Samar province, Philippines. It includes the first people to hold various positions and roles such as the first parish priest, first governor, first mayor, and more. It also outlines important early establishments and innovations like the first waterworks system, first high school, first private school, and first businesses like the first bakery, first restaurant, and first radio station. The list of over 100 firsts was compiled from extensive research and interviews with knowledgeable locals to create an authentic record of pioneers and milestones in Catbalogan's development.

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    FIRSTS IN CATBALOGAN

    by Prudencio C. Miel
    In the history of every town, there are pioneers: indomitable,
    persevering men who gamble with luck in order to make money. In so doing,
    they unknowingly blazed the trail for the later generations to follow. These
    pioneers, many of whom are already dead, deserve emulation and praise.
    I have endeavored to compile a list of these pioneers. This work is the
    result of numerous exhaustive inquiries from reliable and knowledgeable
    people who have lived long enough in the community and are natives of the
    place. Nothing was spared in making this compilation as authentic as
    possible.
    This list originally appeared in a souvenir program in connection with
    the celebration of the Feast of Saint Bartholomew on August 24, 1970. I have
    expanded the list in order to be able to include not only firsts relating to
    persons and personalities but also firsts relating to noteworthy events or
    happenings in Catbalogan that merit mention.
    First Hermano of the feast of St. Bartholomew Pablo B.
    Cinco (1908)
    First Hermana of the Katbalauganon Association in Manila Marta P. Cuna (1917)
    First parish priest Victoriano Pardo
    First native (secular) parish priest Maximiano T. Cruz
    First Jesuit missionary Fr. Francisco de Otazo
    First representative to the Philippine Assembly Luciano Sinko
    First governor (appointed) of Samar Julio Llorente
    First governor (elected) of Samar Maximo J. Cinco
    First governor after the division of Samar Jose A. Roo
    First municipal president Pablo Jazmines
    First municipal mayor Demetrio Tapia
    First municipal mayor under whom Catbalogan saw its greatest
    progress Raul C. Muoz

    First waterworks system Constructed in 1921 under the


    administration of Municipal President Eduardo J. Cinco
    First high school Samar High School
    First vocational school Samar Trade School
    First private elementary school Bishop Pablo Singzon Institute
    1928 by Fr. Federico Morrero, parish priest of Catbalogan
    named after Msgr. Pablo B. Singzon de Anuncacion, the first
    Bishop of the Diocese of Calbayog.
    First private elementary school principal- Alberto Almazan
    First private school teacher Leocadio (Maestro Cadio) Cinco
    First demonstration of high school students March, 1970
    First shorthand and typewriting school Francsico Ilagan and
    Melecio Arteche
    First medical practitioner Jose Sabarre
    First lady physician Dolores Tanseco (Angangco)
    First private X-ray clinic Faustino D. Cinco
    First optical clinic Vicente A. Dira
    Frist drug store Antonio Muoz
    First lady lawyer Rosario de los Reyes (Veloso)
    First fine arts graduate (major in sculpture) Miguel Alcazar
    First graduate in architecture Alejandro L. Villarin
    First radio repair shop Antonio Villarin
    First silent movies Cornelio Tuazon
    First talkies Apolio Theater of Apolonia Zartiga
    First television broadcast shown by Memerto Piczon, a local
    electronics enthusiast, at the VFH station in April, 1972. The TV
    set used for this first television show belonged to Alejandro
    Borbon of Filipinas Life Insurance
    First printing press Vicente Dira
    First bilingual newspaper Talutang edited by Vicente A. Dira
    (vernacular) and Bonifacio Taega (English)
    First private radio station Station DYRV
    First bakery Chawa Yu
    First modern electrically run bakery United Bakery of Gama
    Uy and Porfiria A. Uy

    First candy factory A Japanese named Kaki


    First cotton candy vender Adriano Albano
    First caramel factory Tina Uy
    First restaurant and refreshment parlor Candido Fornillos, Sr.
    First fishing boat Leocadio Tanseco, Sr.
    First beauty parlor Anacita Lucaas
    Frist grocery store Vicente Uy Ina
    First ice plant Inocencio Tan Sima
    First icedrop factory Inocencio Tan Sima
    First ambulant ice cream vender Adriano Albano
    First dry cleaning establishment Isabela Lola (Villarin)
    First hotel Great Western Hotel of Blas and Coleta Bartolome
    First sawmill Benjamin Bleibel
    First slipper factory Vicente Arevalo
    First hollow block manufacturer Antonio Bulos
    First hardware store Ramon Laohoo
    First bus transportation Estabaya
    First launch transportation Benjamin Bleibel
    First lady commuter on a bicycle Lucila Cinco
    First motorized jeep-type vehicle Mendiola Liner of Eugenio
    Mendiola
    First demonstration of tricycle drivers (KNN) March 11, 1971
    First bowling alley Patricio Guerrero
    First Jukebox joint North Pole of Maning Balagat
    First visiting circus (Spanish times) Reyes Circus
    First visiting circus (American occupation) Antonietta Circus
    First billiards and pool room Emerio Cui
    First magic demon stration shop Vicente Longara
    First Carnival December 1914
    First Carnival Queen Serafina Jazmines (Cinco)
    First Miss Samar High School Paz Salazar (Aguillon)
    First radio spare-parts store Arsenio Albao
    First barber shop Sonny Boy Bohol
    First band Don Andres Reyes Musicos

    First orchestra Naciente Orchestra


    First photographic studio Siluya

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