David E. Spitzley was born in 1932. He grew up to be a farmer and family man, with 13 children of his own. The economy continued to deteriorate in 1932 with unemployment reaching 24.1%. Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president in 1932. In 1932, things like a new house, gas, and food were very inexpensive compared to present day. The Korean War ended in 1953 with an armistice. David Spitzley established Spitzley Farms in 1959 and has since seen multiple generations of his family grow up, including children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

1. Happy Birthday
With Love!

2. The Year 1932

3. The Year 1932
David E. Spitzley was born to Leo and Theresa
Spitzley, the 3rd of 13 children David grew up to
be a husband, father, grandfather, great-
grandfather and farmer.
Also in 1932 the economy continued to
deteriorate and unemployment increased
further in 1932 to 24.1% , there were few jobs
and many ordinary Americans were forced into
living in the streets or in old cars. Towards the
end of the year in November the American
voter used the power of Democracy to show
Herbert Hoover what they thought of his term of
presidency during these bad times and voted
strongly in favor of Franklin D Roosevelt by 472
electoral votes to 59.

4. The Year 1932
How Much things cost in 1932
• Average Cost of new house $6,510.00
• Average wages per year $1,650.00
• Cost of a gallon of Gas 10 cents
• Average Cost for house rent $18.00 per month
• A loaf of Bread 7 cents
• A LB of Hamburger Meat 10 cents
• New Car Average Price $610.00

5. The Year 1932
•13 million Americans unemployed.
•More than 24.5% of the population are unemployed
•10s of thousands load up all belongings and live in cars going from place to place looking for work
•Hooverville's or shanty towns appear around the country built by homeless people using wood from
crates, cardboard, scraps of metal, or whatever materials were available to them
•43,000 marchers Inc. 17,000 World War I vets ( Bonus Army ) march to Washington DC and set up
campgrounds demanding early payments of cash bonuses to help survive the Great Depression.
•Troops under the orders of General Douglas MacArthur advanced with bayonets and sabers drawn
under a shower of bricks and rocks, but no shots were fired. In less than four hours, the troops cleared the
Bonus Army's campground using tear gas.
•Comptroller of the Currency (or OCC) announces temporary halt by banks of foreclosures
•The Revenue Act of 1932 raised United States tax rates across the board, with the rate on top incomes
rising from 25 percent to 63 percent.
•The first federal gasoline tax part of the Revenue Act of 1932 taxes apply of 1 cent per gallon.
•The Emergency Relief and Construction Act enacted July 21, 1932 was the United States's first major-
relief legislation to fund public works hoping to put millions back to work, enabled under Herbert Hoover
and later adopted and expanded by Franklin D. Roosevelt as part of his New Deal.
•Government and Companies implement wage cuts up to 30% for those lucky enough to be in
employment
•Government and Companies cut working hours for those in employment hoping to provide more jobs
for those who are unemployed.
•Due to Malnutrition and poor health Tuberculosis becomes widespread throughout the US
•The Communist Party of America organizes a “March on Hunger” in Detroit
•Franklin Delano Roosevelt wins a landslide presidential election on November 8th
•The United States forced 10's of thousands of Mexicans out of the country during the recession years
•American loans to help rebuild the German economy end

6. The Year 1932
Pop Culture
• Al Capone convicted for Income Tax Evasion
• The Tenth Summer Olympic Games Opens in Los Angeles
• New York Radio City Music Hall Opened
• Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to make a solo air crossing of
the Atlantic Ocean
• The Winter Olympic Games are held in Lake Placid, New York, United
States
• The parking meter is invented in Oklahoma

9. The Year 1934
The year of JoAnn

10. The Year 1934
JoAnn, (wife, mom, grandma, great-grandma, saint) was
born – Love of his life!
1934 saw the turning point in the great depression in
America with unemployment decreasing to 22% . But in
other parts of the world some of the political changes
occurring would cause the next world war , in Germany
Adolf Hitler declared himself the fuhrer ( ultimate ruler ) , in
Russia Stalin began his massacres and in China Mao Tse-
Tung spread the communist doctrine. The further weather
drought problems in the US Midwest continued in 1934 and
some 35 million acres of farmland were utterly destroyed
and a further 225 million acres were in danger. The
president set up public works around the US including
bridges, roads and flood control Dams in an attempt to put
America back on it's feet. The FBI had considerable
success ending the careers with celebrity criminals and
John Dillinger , Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, Pretty Boy
Floyd and Baby Face Nelson.

12. The Year 1934
How Much things cost in 1934
•Average Cost of new house $5,970.00
•Average wages per year $1,600.00
•Cost of a gallon of Gas 10 cents
•Average Cost for house rent $20.00
per month
•A loaf of Bread 8 cents
•A LB of Hamburger Meat 12 cents
•Studebaker Truck $625.00
•Arrow Men's Shirt $2.50

13. The Year 1953
All because two people fell in love…

14. The Year 1953
1953 saw the growth of the buy now pay later mentality with car
makers leading the way by allowing longer and longer periods to
pay for your new car. Queen Elizabeth II crowned queen of England.
The unions gained strength with more and more workers belonging
to unions, with wage and price controls ended and unemployment
at 2.9% the increases in standard of living continued to grow and
appear to have no boundaries. A teachers average salary was
$4,254 and a pound of round steak was 90 cents. The first color
television sets appear selling for $1,175, and transistor radios start to
appear for sale
•Average Cost of new house $9,550.00
•Average wages per year $4,000.00
•Cost of a gallon of Gas 20 cents
•Average Cost of a new car $1,650.00
•Kodak Brownie Flash Six-20 $13.00
•Chain Saw $225.00

15. January 14, 1953
St. Mary’s
Westphalia, Michigan

17. Korea --- The Korean War Ends
More Information and Timeline For The Korean War
1. 1945 - American & Soviet troops agree that the 38th parallel will be the military dividing line
in Korea after WWII ends
2. 1948 - The Soviet Union aids in the creation of the People's Democratic Republic of North
Korea
3. 1948 - The United States recognizes the Republic of South Korea
4. 1949 - US & Soviet troops withdraw from North and South Korea
5. June 1950 - North Korean troops invade South Korea
6. 1950 - US President Truman sends American troops under General MacArthur to the
defense of South Korea, the United Nations approves and sends other troops
7. October 1950 - UN Forces recapture nearly all of South Korea below the 38th parallel and
the UN authorizes troops to continue into the North
8. November 1950 - The Chinese Communist Army fights UN forces driving them back down
the peninsula
9. 1951 - General MacArthur is dismissed from his command after months of insubordination
10. 1952 - Fighting continues amidst tense negotiations over whether or not there will be
mandatory repatriation for Chinese and North Korean defectors
11. 1953 - US President Eisenhower informs the Chinese that he would not be afraid to use
nuclear weapons or invade China in order to end this, North Korea decides to allow voluntary
repatriation
12. July 1953 - An armistice is concluded at Panmunjom, it provided for a demilitarized zone
and a conference to discuss the future of Korea, however, the conference never came to
pass. During the Korean War 33,629 US troops, about 3,000 UN troops, about 50,000 South
Koreans, and an estimated 1.5 million Communists from China and North Korea died.

19. Spitzley Farms
Est.1959

21. The Year 1960
Sharon

23. The Year 1962
Kimberly

24. I can’t even begin to know how to thank you for
everything you’ve ever done. I sincerely think of
you as the best father I’ve ever even heard
anyone talk about. I love the conversations we’ve
had over morning coffees. I love the conversations
we’ve had over happy hours. I love the
conversations we’ve had in the car, on the
tractor, in the pickup, in the big trucks, in the
combine, just walking around, or just hang out.
You’ve not always agreed with some of my
decisions and ideas, and you let me know it, but
you have always at least tried to see things the
way I was seeing them. You and mom have rallied
around me and held me up through some pretty
bad times and again I can’t thank you enough for
this. We have had so many good times as a family
that it’s hard to talk about just one time. I guess
I’m just trying to let you know that I hope and pray
I’ve let my kids see what great parents are really
like and hope that they see some of that in me as
a parent. Dad, thank you so much for the love, for
being you, and for being the parent you’ve always
been. ~Love Kim

25. The Year 1964
Kelli Jo

26. Dad,
I do not even know where to begin thanking you for all you
have taught me, all the inspiration and life lessons. I can only
hope that you are as proud of me as possible because you and
mom made me who I am today.
I remember being afraid of storms until you explained that the
angels were bowling, showing me how zippers locked at the
top, explaining how being warm to shovel sidewalks sure beat
a fashion show, how to leave bird nests alone until after the
birds were gone. You’ve taught me how to love
unexceptionally, how to live each day to the fullest – of course
with some responsibility involved, but most of all to be myself
since nobody else would.
In closing, I thank God everyday for a dad like you. I love you.
Kelli

27. The Year 1966
Scott

28. Dad (David),
Through out the years, you have taught us to never forget where
we came from – and yet to always look towards the future……..You
have taught us to be strong in our beliefs and never forget our
morals – yet to be wise enough to know that every situation is
unique and different……..You have shown us that a marriage is
precious and is built on mutual respect, love and fun………and that
being great parents is a lifetime commitment.
Thanks for your wisdom “throughout the years” – it has been OUR
privilege!
We love you and wish you a wonderful 80th birthday!
Love, Scott and Natalie

29. "By the time a man realizes
that maybe his father was
right, he usually has a son
who thinks he's wrong." -
Author: Charles Wadsworth

30. Krystal's Top 10 Reasons Grandpa is Awesome:
1. None of my friends can say they've ridden a combine before
2. He and grandma treated us with Happy Meals, old Hanes T-shirts and Barbies with REAL
perfume when Andrea and I spent the night.
3. I think he may have opened a John Deere safe in the store just by feeling for the clicks,
Italian Job-style when I was little. Or maybe I dreamed about it, but either way I
wouldn't put it past him.
4. I really believe he's a card shark
5. He once told Tyler he'd shoot him in a Euchre game (see #4)...awesome.
6. He has taught me by example that you can work hard and play hard.
7. Anyone who can get up at 5am every day without fail for coffee at Swedes is
amazing.
8. He was able to fire me from picking rocks in the most polite way possible, so politely I
didn't even realize it until years later :)
9. He stood in line with me at Space Mountain for 45 minutes while I started having an
anxiety attack about pregnant women and people with heart conditions, then never
made a fuss as we quietly bowed out of the line before I had to get on that death
machine. And then he still did the same for me on the Magnum at Cedar Point a few
years later (successfully, I might add).
10. He spends sooo much time with his family, and has the sarcastic sense of humor we all
enjoy so much...like the time he got all his daughters hair brushes for the hotel New
Years Eve...hint hint :)
I love you Grandpa, Happy 80th Birthday!!!

31. Dear Grandpa,
I not only love you as my grandfather, I really, really like you and respect you as a
human being. So, today, on your 80th birthday, with gratitude and love…a little bit of
awe, I want to tell of the things that couldn’t be possible if it wasn’t for you.
If it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t have believed that real, passionate, mad kind of love
between a husband and a wife could last almost 60 years…
If it wasn’t for you, I would have never known what it meant to work hard, play hard. I
learned from you that if you want to succeed in life you don’t have to be highly
educated or even remotely book smart, you just have to work hard at learning and
never stop learning. Listen and respect people and good things happen.
If it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t have known that any dish could be SIGNIFICANLY
improved by adding a little Debbie at the end of every meal.
And finally, if it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t have known that an undying, vibrant sense
of humor combined with a passionate, hungry, almost greedy love of life, could be
considered an official, personal religion. I learned it from you and doing my best to
practice it every day.
I love you Grandpa, Happy Birthday! All my love, Andrea

33. 1984 Travis

34. 1986 Dusty

36. 1987 Tyler

37. HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDPA!!
What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in
abundance. They give unconditional
love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life. And, most
importantly, the best food EVER.
Grandpa you are the best man I know
and one day I wish I will be half the man
you are. You have done so much for me
and I want you to know how much I
appreciate you and how much I love you,
which this slide will never be able
express. With you Grandpa every
moment is a blast, even if you can tell me
the cards I’m holding in my hand I still
love you and look forward to many more
birthdays to come.
love you,
Braidy

38. Grandpa,
Happy Birthday!
You’re one of the coolest guys I’ve ever
known. You’re someone that everyone
looks up to and turns to for advice.
I’ll never forget the lessons learned at the
euchre table as I’m sure most the grandkids
will never forget. I’m glad I learned from
one of the best.
I hope you have a great birthday and I wish
I could be there for your party.
Love Jake

39. Happy Birthday
Grandpa
Happy 80th Birthday I figured a combine
would suite this event
very well because
when I think of you I
think of all the hard
work that you have
done over these last
80 years! Probably
did not help when
your grandsons
thought it was a good
idea to make
highways through
your wheat fields
hoping you wouldn’t
notice..wooops.
Anyways thank you
for everything you do
and I hope you have
a good birthday!
Love, Kramer

40. Grandpa,
1992 me just say happy birthday to an amazing man! You
Let Victoria
are really such an inspiration to me with everything you do! You
have gotten where you are today with such hard work and
dedication, Grandma and yours life has always motivated me to
get a job and work hard so that I can get to where you are today
and have a great life like you guys have. It may not have been
easy at times but you have always shown that it is worth it. You
are such an amazing role model for me and for everyone that
knows you. I am so lucky to have you in my life and I would like
to say thank you for being the person that you are today and
also for always being there for me! I love you and happy birthday
again!
Love, Victoria

41. Grandparents make the world...a little
softer, a little kinder, a little warmer.
~author unknown

42. Dear Grandpa
Throughout the years of my
childhood I have always
noticed how much of a pillar
you are to this family, you
are always willing to help out
your daughters and your son
as well as all of your
grandchildren. My favorite
memory is every holiday, the
whole family getting
together and you are always
running the card table. You
employed me for many
summers of my life working
on your farm, that has
been greatly appreciated and a big learning experience to the working
life. You have taught me many things over the years, how to drive the
gators, how to minimize your time picking rocks, how to clean semis and
tractors and most importantly, always lead trump. It is an honor to have you
as my Grandfather. Happy birthday Grandpa.
Happy Birthday, Love Matt

43. Dear Grandpa,
1996 Jill th Birthday! You are such a wonderful
Happy 80
Grandpa and I appreciate everything you do
for me and our family.
Thanks for always watching on JD, taking us to
the hotel on New Years and for making sure
we are okay when my parents are out of town.
I think you are a great farmer and are very
smart. I love talking and laughing with you
and Grandma and spending time with you guys
on holidays.
I love you and hope you have a great birthday!
Love, Jill
(your favorite
granddaughter)

44. A zest for life is one
of the most
important examples
a grandparent can
pass on to their
grandchildren.
~author unknown

45. A Grandpa is someone you
never outgrow your need for..“
Author: Unknown

46. 2007 Austin

47. 2010 Megan

52. 1 Corinthians 13:4–8a
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not
envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It
is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not
easily angered, it keeps no record of
wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but
rejoices with the truth. It always protects,
always trusts, always hopes, always
perseveres. Love never fails ...

56. All praise to You, Lord Jesus,
Lover of children:
Bless our family,
And help us to lead our children to You.
Give us light and strength,
And courage when our task is difficult.
Let Your Spirit fill us with love and peace,
So that we may help our children to love
You.
All glory and praise are Yours, Lord Jesus,
For ever and ever.
Amen.

62. Some boys take a beautiful
girl, and hide her away from
the rest of the world.
I wanna be the one to walk in
the sun.
Oh,girls, They wanna have
fu-un. Oh,girls,
Just wanna have
That's all they really want.....
Some fun....

64. Here’s to toast to
the future, a toast
to the past, and a
toast to our
friends, far and
near. May the
future be
pleasant; the past
a bright dream;
may our friends
and family
remain faithful
and dear.

72. Blessed are You, loving Father,
For all your gifts to us.
Blessed are You for giving us family and friends
To be with us in times of joy and sorrow,
To help us in days of need,
And to rejoice with us in moments of
celebration..
Father,
We praise You for Your Son Jesus,
Who knew the happiness of family and friends,
And in the love of Your Holy Spirit.
Blessed are you for ever and ever.
Amen.

80. For the Birthday of a family member
Heavenly Father,
We praise You for all Your gifts to us.
In a special way,
We thank You for David/Dad/Grandpa.
Bless him always in Your love.
Bless us too, Holy Father,
Help us all to praise You and give You
glory, through Jesus Christ our lord.
Amen.