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Note: Taken from the book Courage Enough Book II - 1996 Don's parents were Thomas Eugene Price and Laura Edna Armitage. They came from Wisconsin and were married in Velva, N.D. by Laura's sister Anna's husband. Donald was born on the farm west of Savage. He had a sister Dorothey who died at birth and and older brother Eugene. Donald attended school at Breezy Flats, a one room schoolhouse which was in later years moved into Savage and is now the museum there. Donald and Eugene had a mile and a half to walk to school and once in awhile if the weather was bad their dad took them by wagon or sled. Once a week a trip was made to Savage by wagon or sled for groceries. For recreation there were picnics and get together with the Laurs, Stalmons, Clemmons and Halls, all neighbors. Some of the picnics were held on the Bar M Ranch. During the summer berry picking was a fun activity and it supplied fruits for jams and jellies. Coal was used for heating and a coal stove was used for cooking. All the coal was obtained from the Coyote Coulee mine. All of the neighbors got their coal from this mine, everyone during their own mining. When Eugene graduated from the 8th grade and Donald from the 4th , the family moved into Sidney so Eugene could attend high school. The farm was rented to Aaron Fink. Donald's mother Edna died in 1929 from bronchial pneumonia. After Eugene graduated from high school they moved to Minneapolis, MN. and Eugene started at the University of Minnesota and Donald attended Marshall High School. While going to high school Donald had a paper route delivering the Minneapolis Tribune, also while in high school Donald was in band, choir and in high school plays. After he graduated and started at the university he worked nights as a waiter and later as a cook. Donald also attended the McPhail School of Music and Dramatics. Donald and his dad returned to the farm in 1938. Donald and his dad endured the grasshoppers in 1938 and 1939. they built a poison spreader out of a rear axle and drive shaft from a wrecked car. Richland County with financial aid from the Federal Government mixed grasshopper poison from arsenic, sawdust and molasses. This was mixed in an old shed in Savage where the school bus barn is now. Most of the farmers hauled sacks home and spread it to try and save their crops. Lots of farmers got together and spread this mixture on the pastures. It was quite a sight to see all the spreaders going across the land. After a few years of spreading the poison out, aerial spraying became common so the poison mixing station in Savage was closed and the homemade poison spreaders were retired.
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