Mt Clemens Daily Leader Mon. Apr 8 1929 (photos) Mr. & Mrs. A W Little have been wed 66 years today. Prescribing protracted courtships rather than companionate marriage as the recipe for a truly happy wedded life Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Little today are quietly observing their sixty-sixth wedding anniversary at their home, 11 Moser Place. Mr. and Mrs. Little have lived together for 66 years and say that they have never had an honest to goodness quarrel. This they attribute to a lengthy courtship and an engagement of more than one years. When A.W. Little was married he knew the whims and fancies of his wife for he had attended school with her and been in her company for years. Mrs. Little also knew the various moods and propensities of her husband. Even after Mrs. Little had consented to marry, both she and her future husband agreed that a lengthy engagement was a prerequisite for a fundamental understanding. As a result, both Mr. and Mrs. Little knew each other's likes and dislikes when they were married and each possessing that rare quality of being able to give and take they have lived a happy wedded life. After their marriage at the home of Mrs. Little's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.D. Parke, of Market street, April 8 1863, they took a brief honeymoon to Ypsilanti and return. Money was scarce in those days and only the idle rich engaged in the practice of taking honeymoons to different cities. The now popular Niagara Falls journey was not known in those days. Although in moderate circumstances financially, when they were married Mr. and Mrs. Little through sagacity and thrift have since obtained a neat bank account and income. They have made several trips since the journey to Ypsilanti and each has been a honeymoon for they love each other as much today as they did on that bright April day back in 1863 when they made the journey to Ypsilanti. Briefly, here is the recipe for happy married life and evasion of the divorce courts as prescribed by the aged and happy couple. Know the likes and dislikes of your life's mate. Be tolerant and above all give and take. Mr. and Mrs. Little are not staging a celebration in honor of their 66 years of wedded life but are observing it quietly with their daughter and son-in-law Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hall and their grandson, Howard Hall all of 11 Moser Place.