Andrew and Stella Szakelyhidi of Zelienople marked their 70th wedding anniversary Sunday and were surprised by drive-by parade of cars carrying friends, family and neighbors at their home at the Passavant Retirement Community.

When Andrew and Stella Szakelyhidi of Zelienople got married, Harry S. Truman occupied the Oval Office, Charles Schulz published his first “Peanuts” comic strip and American boys were being shipped to a new conflict in Korea.

Fast forward 70 years, three children, seven grandchildren and 11 great- grandchildren later, and the couple is still going strong.

The Szakelyhidis celebrated their anniversary with a surprise drive-by parade at their home at Passavant Retirement Community in Zelienople, which is just down the street from Andrew's childhood home.

This is an excerpt from a story that appears in Tuesday's Butler Eagle.