LEWISTON — Carmen and Donald Mailhot recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.

Family and friends gathered with the couple at a surprise celebration at the Past Tempe Club hosted by their three children and their families.

Their children and families are: Joyce Campbell and her husband, Steve, and their sons, Hunter, Logan and Liam of South Paris; Jerry Mailhot and his wife, Emilie, of San Diego, California; and Peter and Jill Mailhot of Greene.

The celebrated couple were married on June 8, 1974, at Holy Cross Church by the Rev. Lucien McKeone.