Longtime Los Gatans Betty and Fred Menichetti will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on May 6 with friends and family at an intimate dinner party.

High school sweethearts, the couple married in Ayer, Mass., while Fred was on military leave during World War II. Shortly after the wedding, Betty moved to California and bought their first home. After the war, Fred joined his wife in California and operated a title company in San Jose.

The two have a daughter, Carol Wold; a son, Joe Menichetti; and two grandchildren.