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Show clothes and fabrics as part of his experience this comfort was his paternal grandfather, Mi- chael Goldwater (originally Goldwasser), a Polish-Jewis- h tailor who fled persecution in his homeland to make his way in the New World. Big Mike, as he was called, arrived in Arizona as a peddler of notions and spirits; he ended up as founder of J. Goldwater Bros., a department-store chain. Baron Goldwater, Big Mike's son and inheritor of his business, married a woman of entirely different background from his own. Josephine-Williams Protestant from Nebraska who numbered Roger Williams among her forebears. A victim of tuberculosis, she was sent to Arizona to pass her few remaining years. But she upset all predictions and is now a spry woman in her 80s. For Barry, son of Baron and Josephine, life was full of contrasts. Although he was raised in his mother's religion, he always has cherished his father's ancestry. There also was the contrast of having a sophisticated, debonair father who loved good talk and good living-ana tough-wille- d mother who encouraged her children to rough it, to shoot, to explore. Each year Mun, as Barry calls her, would load the family's Apperson touring car with camping equipment and head for the beaches of Southern California. He is interested in being well dressed, but as he says: "I don't work at it I'm more inter ested in comfort." In his Washington apartment, the. Senator has a hi-- fi set which he built himself. He often spends an entire Sunday listening to the music, . which is piped into every room. His favorite composer is Richard Wagner; his fa vorite, opera, Die Walkiire. eras, Mickey Spillane adventures, Erie Stanley Gardner mysteries, and, as he puts it, "a few good novels like 'Twilight of Honor' and 'The Cypresses Believe in God."' Ever since his wife gave him a camera as a gift, Gold water has been a photography fan. His Indian pictures and studies of the Old West have been collected into two books, now out of print and extremely valuable. The quality of his work is so professional that he has been granted membership in the Royal Photographic Society of London. The culinary arts also have attracted his attention; his specialty is barbecuing. At the table, however, he is a sparing eater who concentrates on lean meats and avoids starches. Following his mother's advice, he has never smoked or drunk coffee. "I'm glad she said nothing about whisky," the Senator quipped. -- i d lie Was an Ail-Arou- nd V; (4 Youth But parental contrasts did not keep Barry fronfenjoying his youth. He played basketball and football in school, was elected president of freshman class, became Arihis zona's first disk jockey andTachieved an excellent record at Staunton Military Academy. After Staunton, he entered the University, of Arizona; but his student days were cut short. "I would have liked nothing better than to have stayed in college," he recently reminisced, "but my father died and I had to leave at the end of my freshman year to go into the family busi-- , ness. This left me with an inferiority feeling a sense of incompleteness. I went to work in the store six months before the Depression. To keep it going, I worked not only days but also five nights a week.. This taught me economics and conservatism, but it also gave me a nervous breakdown. The doctor warned, 'Take a vacation, don't get upset. That's all you need.'" Barry worked hard and lived hard. And when at 24 he fell in love, he fell hard, too. As he recalls it: "A Mrs. Johnson from Muncie, Ind., came into the store one day. She was living in Phoenix temporarily because of her; son's health. ' She told me her daughter Peggy was coming tor a visit and that she wanted her to meet some young people. When Peggy arrived, I took one look at her and .decided I was the fellow she ought to meet. But it took more than a year to . is na typical day. But after five hours sleep, he is likely to be up and in his den by 5 ajn. Often he arrives at his Senate office by 6:45 and almost always by 7 :30. The Senator's health is excellent. At 53, his only malady is a muscle spasm in his neck, wnicn is ueing ireaieu uy ur. t anei x raven, who is also President Kennedy's physician. Gold water entered politics late in life, and as his friend Michael Bernstein points out : "He approaches it with missionary zeal." Tradition Grass-tloo- ts It all began when he was delegated to draw up a slate of "good government" candidates for city office in Phoenix. Because no other candidate was available, he ended up running for the city council himself. He served two terms and then got into state politics by becoming campaign manager for gubernatorial candidate Howard Pyle in 1950. Two years later, Gold-watwas elected to the United States Senate; In 1960 his name was put in nomination for President at the Republican convention. er Everything happened speed, a and marked sharp change from anything with-breathle- ss " he had done before. Born on New Year's Day, 1909, in; Phoenix, Barry. Morris Goldwater grew up in comfortable circumstances. The man responsible for ' r. f .V' high-scho- ol v Began in get her to marry me, even though I chased her all over the country." Barry made himself omnipresent in Peggy's life. He sent a caged lovebird to the airport when he knew she would arrive. He sent a crate of apples to her roomette when he learned her train was full of doctors heading for a medical convention he figured an apple a day would . keep them away from Peggy. "On New Year's Eve, Peggy 3d I had a date," the Senator recalls. "She was in a telephone booth, wishing her mother a Happy New Year. I tqld her,. 'Peggy, I'm running out of money and patience. Will you marry me? Is your answer yes or no?' This time she saiJ yes. "Peggy and her mother went ahead with pre-- The clan gathers for a cruiser Mrs. Goldwater (I.), Peggy, Barry, Mike, Joanne, and the Senator. viously made plans for a world cruise, however. I was afraid Peggy: would fall for someone else so I sent flowers to every port and letters to be, read at various times of day from breakfast to nightcap. Finally, when she returned, we were married on Sept 22, 1934, in Muncie's Grace Episcopal Church." As a Muncie society girl and heiress to the fortune, Peggy was not equipped for the outdoor life her husband loved. But she - Borg-Warn- er learned, and today Bany proudly calls her "the" fisherman I know." a ' best deep-se- a Sharing interests has not extended to politics, however. "I have never asked her to make a political speech," the Senator told me. Nor has Mrs. Goldwater gone in for elaborate Washington hostessing. Instead, she. confines entertaining to small parties. Once, at a party for staff members of a Senate committee, the Senator entertained by play--y . (Continued on page 6) Family Weekly. Dectmber S, 1962 |