LIMERICK – Mr. and Mrs. Charles Roger Batten, 607 Village Drive, formerly of Bridge Street in Spring City, were honored for their 60^th wedding anniversary at a celebration hosted by their family at 9 Freed Ave., Spring City.

The Battens are the parents of four daughters, Susan E. Batten of Spring City; Debra A. Batten of East Norriton; H. Diane Hilborn, wife of Ray Hilborn of Spring City; Stacey L. Silvestri, wife of Mike Silvestri of Spring City; and one son, Stephen R. Batten, husband of Cindy Batten of Spring City.

Mrs. Batten, the former Elizabeth Godshall, was a substitute school nurse for the Spring-Ford School District. She retired in 1996.

Her husband is a 1996 retiree from Bachman Incorporated , formerly Valley Main Inc., in Phoenixville and Reading, where he was a plant manager.

They were married on June 6, 1953 in Spring City Evangelical Lutheran Church by the Rev. Ralph L. Alderfer.

The Battens have eight grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.