Children of Herbert Watson and Olive Mary Edmundson

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THEFT FROM DRESSING ROOM.

In the second charge David Edmundson, apprentice, employed at the B.T.H., living at Hampden Way, Bilton, said he left the money in a pocket of his coat in the pavilion at the B.T.H. Sports Ground while he went for a run with the harriers, and missed the money when he had arrived back and had bathed. Before going he asked others the room if they had any money with them, and decided to leave the money in his pocket, became the trainer was not there. To his knowledge Boyes was in the room when he asked the question.

PRETTY WEDDING AT BILTON

MISS M.N. TAYLOR AND MR. D. EDMUNDSON

BRIDAL GOWN OF CREAM LACE FLOUNCES

THE rural setting of St. Mark's Church, Bilton, added to the attractiveness of the scene when Miss Margaret Norfolk Taylor, B.A., only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Taylor, of Highfield, Bilton Road, Rugby, was married to Mr. David Edmundson, B.Sc., younger son of Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Edmundson, of Keld, Bilton, on Saturday afternoon.

The interest taken in the uniting of two well-known local families was shown by the large number of friends and well wishers who attended the ceremony in addition to invited guests, and by the many other residents of Bilton who lined the lane leading to the church.

The service was choral, and the surpliced boys of the choir sang very effectively, with Mr. C.J. Small, A.R.C.O., at the organ. The church was decorated with cream roses.

As the bride entered, arm-in-arm with her father, who gave her away, she presented an attractive appearance in her picturesque gown of fine cream lace in small flounces. She carried a bouquet of cream roses.

The only bridesmaid was Miss Ruth Edmundson, sister of the bridegroom, and she was dressed in pale rose liberty silk and had a bouquet of pink roses.

The best man was the bridegroom's cousin, Mr. Henry Rowntree, and the ceremony was performed by the Rev. S. Morris (Rector of Bilton).

On leaving the church the newly married couple were greeted with a shower of rose petals from a number of children.

The reception was held in the Church House, Bilton, and the honeymoon is being spent in Switzerland. The bride travelled in a beige dress, a long coat to match, and a beige hat.

Mr. and Mrs. David Edmundson, who received nearly a hundred and fifty valuable presents, will live at 4, Swaylands Drive, Brooklands, Sale, Cheshire.

[Long list of guests follows, including Miss Gertrude Edmundson and Mr John Edmundson]

Mr. David Edmundson, of 53 Bilton Road, Rugby, has been appointed successor to Mr. G.S.C. Lucas, who retired this week as a director and group general manager of AEI electronics.

During the war, Mr. Edmundson was concerned with the design and development of radar signal devices. He has been with AEI since his apprenticeship. He became president of the Rugby Mountaineering Society on its formation in 1958.

PRESENTATION TO AEI EXECUTIVE

A PRESENTATION to Mr. David Edmundson, retiring president of the A.E.I. Foremen Supervisors’ Association, was made at the annual dinner at the Blackbird Road, Leicester, premises last night.

Mr. Edmundson, former director and general manager of GEC-AEI Electronics Ltd., who lives in Bilton Road, Rugby, received a cut glass wine decanter on a silver stand from association chairman, Mr. R.J.S. Huxham.

Mr. Edmundson has been connected with the association since 1942 and had been the president since 1965. He retired from company last year.

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DR. ROCHE'S SON KILLED

GRANTHAM ROAD CRASH

While Returning from Dance

BILTON LADY'S ESCAPE

WHEN returning from a dance at Grantham, Lincolnshire, in the early hours of Saturday morning, Mr. Thomas William Roche, the elder son of Dr. William Roche, formerly of Bilton Road, Rugby, was fatally injured, when his car crashed on Barrowby Hill, about two miles from Grantham. One of his passengers was Miss Gertrude Edmundson, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Edmundson, of "Keld," Hampden Way, Bilton, who escaped with bruises. Another passenger, Lester Atkinson, of Long Clawson, Leicestershire, received concussion.

Mr. Roche, who was aged 23, and a London medical student, was driving home to Colston Bassett, Nottinghamshire, when the accident occurred. The car skidded on the snowy surface, collided with a telegraph pole, and landed in a ditch. Mr. Roche's brother was in a car following some distance behind. He stopped when he came to a car in a ditch with its lights still shining, and pulled up to find that the car was his brother's.

Recently Mr. Roche passed his final examination.

Miss Edmundson is on the nursing staff of Queen's Hospital, Birmingham.

THE INQUEST

At the inquest at Grantham yesterday, Miss Edmundson told the Coroner that she attended a dance with Mr. Roche. She left about 3 o'clock with Mr. Roche, who was driving, and Mr. Atkinson, who was sitting beside him.

"I was sitting on the back seat on the left hand side and all went well until we arrived at Barrowby Hill," she said. "There I felt a skid, and saw the car was turning right round.

"I do not know any more, for after that I was knocked out. The road was in a very dangerous condition. It was like a sheet of ice."

A verdict of "Accidental death" was returned, and expressing sympathy with the relatives of Mr. Roche, the Coroner said he had seen the wrecked car and he marvelled that Mss Edmundson had escaped injury. She was fortunate to be sitting on the left hand side, which was the only part of the car not badly damaged.