The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-12-21

up but it has now deteriorated quite a
bit. 1t must have been quite a con-
structural achievement at the time it
was built and was put up during the
time the islands were under Spanish
control so the Spanish influence in the
architecture is very decided. 1t is
probably about 40 or so feet from the
floor to the ceiling and is built in the
form of a T with the entrance at the
base of the letter. 1t is probably
about 40 or so feet wide and the
length from the door to the altar is
about $50 feet with the wings to the
left and right about 80 feet square
Because of the fact that a number of
the families of the town have lost
their homes, they have just moved
into the church building and every
thing seems to be in great state of
confusion as they have piled up their
benches and some of their statues and
images in the two wings The walls
are painted and they also have the
nine Steps of Christ's Journey to Cal
vary hanging on the walls. These
images are either handcarved from
wood or were sculptured and then
painted. They also have paintings Of
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John up
close to the roof where the two wings
join the main building. The affairs
are covered with the various images
and they also have about or crys-
tai glass chandeliers hanging inside
the altar railing. The roof Of the
main building has large hole about
Is or 10 feet in diameter which was
made by a bomb or shell which was
a "dud.' The floor of the building is
a smooth stone affair. At the rear of
the church there are two other frame
buildings which were the converts
and these buildings are also occupied
by some of the families who have no
homes. They do their cooking in the
little courtyard at the rear and the
side Of the church and also carry on
some of their business activities there
as we watched one old woman rolling
cigars there We walked past this
one family who were eating dinner of
rice and can of &C" rations and
they invited us to come eat with them,
but we managed to get out of it with
out offending them. They put the
food in the center of the table and
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