Joseph Basile proposed to Janet Smith on June 23rd, 1952. On this day, Jan had graduated from Vincentian Institute and had celebrated her Eighteenth birthday. Jan’s remarkable maturity is a good example of how it was more popular to marry at a young age. Having such a commitment at an time of immaturity may and have caused marriages to fall apart. In today’s society it is more common to marry around the age of twenty eight. This allows people to steadily mature and develop before choosing a mate. Whereas Jan becomes an adult, fiancé and high school graduate in one day.
The couple took each other’s hand in marriage at Blessed Sacrament Church, of Albany, in 1953. The Basile’s still attend Blessed Sacrament Church and Joe was in the church choir until recently. Joe’s best man was Ed Rogers; a schoolmate of his and a dear friend at that time in his life. Jan’s maid of honor was Edna Smith; her sister in law and still close friend till this day. The newlyweds took their honeymoon in Miami and Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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I think you could explore the early age of marriage in more detail and use it as a way to create a contextual link in here. It is arguable whether getting married revealed "remarkable maturity," or whether it forced maturity on people whether or not they wanted it.
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