Petoskey Superintendent of Schools, Carl Spitler was born in Barry County in a rural area––what today is considered part of the Grand Rapids Metropolitan Area. He was the son of Hiram Spitler and Sophronia Clever Spitler. At Northwestern College he earned a teaching degree and later, an honorary Doctorate of Law at Central Michigan University. He served the community of Petoskey, Michigan from the 1920s through 1958. Mr. Spitler pioneered the vocational program in Petoskey and the PHS Student Co-op Program. He was past lieutenant governor of Division 15 of Michigan Kiwanis, a past club president; a past commander of Ivanhoe Comandery, Knights Templar; and director and vice-president of the Petoskey Chamber of Commerce. In World War I, he served as a naval officer, and the taught one year in an Indiana rural school and served two years as principal of Hart High School in Michigan prior to coming to Petoskey. He was also instrumental in the establishment of North Central College. A former student said, "He was a wonderful man and leader. Once he listened to an idea I had and paved the way so I could accomplish a project the principal couldn’t approve. Mr. Spitler treated me as an adult, not a crazy kid with a hair-brained idea.” His biography in its entirety is available on line at the Greenwood Cemetery Genealogical Site; Greenwood Cemetery; Petoskey, MI 49770
THIS FOLLOWING APPEARED IN THE 1959 PETOSEGAN YEAR BOOK
A Note to Dr. Carl Spitler from the Class of 1959:
CONCERNING:
Our gratitude for your untiring efforts in the field of education, your zeal and perseverance in the building of Petoskey's new schools, your unflagging crusade to raise not only our academic standards but those of the entire state,
Our admiration for those qualities which have made you a shinning example for generations of students––devotion to your work, loyalty to the school, wisdom in guiding others, and enthusiastic interest in the students and their activities,
Our hope that your future will be carefree, and bright,
TO YOU:
This book is affectionately dedicated.
______________________________
Note: Click on school photos for captions and to enlarge.
Regarding Dr. Spitlers Birth Place: It is not provided in his obituary. Records from Family Search list his parents as Hiram Spitler and Sophronia Clever Spitler and that he was born in, "Castleton Twp., Barry, Michigan." We have interpreted this as Barry County, Michigan County Seat, Hastings, Michgan. Castleton, is listed as one of the :Charter Townships: in the greater Grand Rapids Metropolitan Area Established in !842. His education is not provided, but in the 1924 Petoskey High School Year Book, The Petosegan, it states: “Mr. Spitler, A. B. Northwestern College, Superintendent.” (In the past, an A.B. designated studies in the classical arts; today, it is indistinguishable from a B.A.)
The following is a newspaper quote from the Petoskey Evening News on 3/11/1922. "H.C. Spitler arrived in Petoskey Wednesday Morning after being storm-bound in Grand Rapids for a week. Mr. Spitler was returning from Hart, where he had been called by the death of his father.” Source: Greenwood Cemetery Genealogy Site.
THIS FOLLOWING APPEARED IN THE 1959 PETOSEGAN YEAR BOOK
A Note to Dr. Carl Spitler from the Class of 1959:
CONCERNING:
Our gratitude for your untiring efforts in the field of education, your zeal and perseverance in the building of Petoskey's new schools, your unflagging crusade to raise not only our academic standards but those of the entire state,
Our admiration for those qualities which have made you a shinning example for generations of students––devotion to your work, loyalty to the school, wisdom in guiding others, and enthusiastic interest in the students and their activities,
Our hope that your future will be carefree, and bright,
TO YOU:
This book is affectionately dedicated.
______________________________
Note: Click on school photos for captions and to enlarge.
Regarding Dr. Spitlers Birth Place: It is not provided in his obituary. Records from Family Search list his parents as Hiram Spitler and Sophronia Clever Spitler and that he was born in, "Castleton Twp., Barry, Michigan." We have interpreted this as Barry County, Michigan County Seat, Hastings, Michgan. Castleton, is listed as one of the :Charter Townships: in the greater Grand Rapids Metropolitan Area Established in !842. His education is not provided, but in the 1924 Petoskey High School Year Book, The Petosegan, it states: “Mr. Spitler, A. B. Northwestern College, Superintendent.” (In the past, an A.B. designated studies in the classical arts; today, it is indistinguishable from a B.A.)
The following is a newspaper quote from the Petoskey Evening News on 3/11/1922. "H.C. Spitler arrived in Petoskey Wednesday Morning after being storm-bound in Grand Rapids for a week. Mr. Spitler was returning from Hart, where he had been called by the death of his father.” Source: Greenwood Cemetery Genealogy Site.
Petoskey Superintendent of Schools, Carl Spitler was born in Barry County in a rural area––what today is considered part of the Grand Rapids Metropolitan Area. He was the son of Hiram Spitler and Sophronia Clever Spitler. At Northwestern College he earned a teaching degree and later, an honorary Doctorate of Law at Central Michigan University. He served the community of Petoskey, Michigan from the 1920s through 1958. Mr. Spitler pioneered the vocational program in Petoskey and the PHS Student Co-op Program. He was past lieutenant governor of Division 15 of Michigan Kiwanis, a past club president; a past commander of Ivanhoe Comandery, Knights Templar; and director and vice-president of the Petoskey Chamber of Commerce. In World War I, he served as a naval officer, and the taught one year in an Indiana rural school and served two years as principal of Hart High School in Michigan prior to coming to Petoskey. He was also instrumental in the establishment of North Central College. A former student said, "He was a wonderful man and leader. Once he listened to an idea I had and paved the way so I could accomplish a project the principal couldn’t approve. Mr. Spitler treated me as an adult, not a crazy kid with a hair-brained idea.” His biography in its entirety is available on line at the Greenwood Cemetery Genealogical Site; Greenwood Cemetery; Petoskey, MI 49770
THIS FOLLOWING APPEARED IN THE 1959 PETOSEGAN YEAR BOOK
A Note to Dr. Carl Spitler from the Class of 1959:
CONCERNING:
Our gratitude for your untiring efforts in the field of education, your zeal and perseverance in the building of Petoskey's new schools, your unflagging crusade to raise not only our academic standards but those of the entire state,
Our admiration for those qualities which have made you a shinning example for generations of students––devotion to your work, loyalty to the school, wisdom in guiding others, and enthusiastic interest in the students and their activities,
Our hope that your future will be carefree, and bright,
TO YOU:
This book is affectionately dedicated.
______________________________
Note: Click on school photos for captions and to enlarge.
Regarding Dr. Spitlers Birth Place: It is not provided in his obituary. Records from Family Search list his parents as Hiram Spitler and Sophronia Clever Spitler and that he was born in, "Castleton Twp., Barry, Michigan." We have interpreted this as Barry County, Michigan County Seat, Hastings, Michgan. Castleton, is listed as one of the :Charter Townships: in the greater Grand Rapids Metropolitan Area Established in !842. His education is not provided, but in the 1924 Petoskey High School Year Book, The Petosegan, it states: “Mr. Spitler, A. B. Northwestern College, Superintendent.” (In the past, an A.B. designated studies in the classical arts; today, it is indistinguishable from a B.A.)
The following is a newspaper quote from the Petoskey Evening News on 3/11/1922. "H.C. Spitler arrived in Petoskey Wednesday Morning after being storm-bound in Grand Rapids for a week. Mr. Spitler was returning from Hart, where he had been called by the death of his father.” Source: Greenwood Cemetery Genealogy Site.
THIS FOLLOWING APPEARED IN THE 1959 PETOSEGAN YEAR BOOK
A Note to Dr. Carl Spitler from the Class of 1959:
CONCERNING:
Our gratitude for your untiring efforts in the field of education, your zeal and perseverance in the building of Petoskey's new schools, your unflagging crusade to raise not only our academic standards but those of the entire state,
Our admiration for those qualities which have made you a shinning example for generations of students––devotion to your work, loyalty to the school, wisdom in guiding others, and enthusiastic interest in the students and their activities,
Our hope that your future will be carefree, and bright,
TO YOU:
This book is affectionately dedicated.
______________________________
Note: Click on school photos for captions and to enlarge.
Regarding Dr. Spitlers Birth Place: It is not provided in his obituary. Records from Family Search list his parents as Hiram Spitler and Sophronia Clever Spitler and that he was born in, "Castleton Twp., Barry, Michigan." We have interpreted this as Barry County, Michigan County Seat, Hastings, Michgan. Castleton, is listed as one of the :Charter Townships: in the greater Grand Rapids Metropolitan Area Established in !842. His education is not provided, but in the 1924 Petoskey High School Year Book, The Petosegan, it states: “Mr. Spitler, A. B. Northwestern College, Superintendent.” (In the past, an A.B. designated studies in the classical arts; today, it is indistinguishable from a B.A.)
The following is a newspaper quote from the Petoskey Evening News on 3/11/1922. "H.C. Spitler arrived in Petoskey Wednesday Morning after being storm-bound in Grand Rapids for a week. Mr. Spitler was returning from Hart, where he had been called by the death of his father.” Source: Greenwood Cemetery Genealogy Site.
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