Elsie and Saturnino Carpio

The Carpios share stories of their early days in the plantation camps. Saturnino (Sat) Carpio recalls the reasons why he came to the Hawaii from the Philippines and describes the work that he performed on the plantation, as a knapsack sprayer. Elsie and Sat talk about their first meeting, at a candidata dance. Sat talks about his role as the chairman of the Housing Committee and the process of obtaining housing when the plantation companies started to phase out. He describes the bango number system and the sadness of the final days of the plantation industry in Kohala.