Kamiya


Education

Masuko attended Florida State College for Women in Tallahassee

and graduated with a major in English.



New York World's Fair 1939-1940

Masuko applied for a job at the New York World's Fair from

Florida but was unsuccessful in this effort. She accompanied

her Uncle Don Oishi and his bride, who were then on their

honeymoon, to New York.


One week before the Japanese pavilion was to open she heard

there was a need for a guide. She applied for the job in

person and was hired. She worked both years, 1939 and 1940,

and enjoyed the work very much.



Marriage

She met her husband, Herbert Minoru Suga, while working at

the New York World's Fair. They were married at the Japanese

Methodist Church in New York City in 1940.


Herb's family were pioneers on Long Island in the early 1900's.

The area where they live now on Long Island was rural countryside

when the Sugas first settled there, relatively isolated from