stay in Paynesville.

On the way, though, they decided to get married right away, so in Marshall they turned west and drove to Webster, S.D. They had a blood test, got their license, and got married. Then they drove back to Paynesville that same day.

Their parents were both mad at them for getting married so fast. Manford's parents were planning a large wedding, which they did not want to have.

Arlene's parents were so upset with their marriage that they waited six months to visit them. They thought she was too young to get married and told them that the union would not last.

Manford and Arlene recently celebrated their 60th anniversary.

How did they celebrate?
Their favorite celebration was the neighborhood shivaree. This tradition had neighbors coming to the house unexpectedly, bangingThe Olympic flame relay in Paris ended in farce today when police cut the event short after protests forced officials to repeatedly extinguish the torch.

It was a second day of severe embarrassment for Beijing following similar skirmishes in London yesterday as activists demonstrated against China's recent violent crackdown in Tibet.

The Paris stage of the relay ran into trouble immediately after leaving the Eiffel Tower at lunchtime, even though hundreds of riot police and security officials flanked the torch bearers.

With only 200 metres of the planned 17-mile journey to the Charlety stadium on the edge of the city completed, the scale of the demonstrations meant officials had to extinguish the torch and seek shelter on board a bus.

The torch was relit and handed back to the French athletes carrying