soon ong established his own store at 1246 east jefferson street. he kept his promise and his brother-in-law and sister-in-law immigrated to the u.s.. his first child was born in back of the grocery store where he worked and lived. ong enrolled in the university of arizona in tucson and studied law. one of his classmates was future u.s. senator barry goldwater. his wife and in-laws ran the store while he attended law school. the campbells were so impressed by ong when he worked for them that they helped him economically through law school.