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A! In Their Cape Cod-Style Home First Christmas For The Williams standing on their back porch or looking from their den windows, Toby and Margaret WlUlsune get a ■weeping view of both Oowdere' and Klnga Mountain. In fact, Toby picked the q>ot which centers his country estate on Waco Rd. for that reason and they chose a modified Cape Cod house and psklnted It WUUameburg blue. A FAMOLT REIBLOOM - Mergaiet Williams shows off the seven- drawer Dovetail chest which was built by her great-grandfather about the time of the avll War. Each drawer In the chest has Its own key. Both Margaret (who was cafeteria manager in the KM District Schools for many years) and Toby, a far mer, have retired and en;]oy their comfortable home which was completed in July. Furnished tastefully with many keepsakes handed down for many years In the Rowe famUy and Wil liams family for generations, Mar garet Rowe Williams, formerly of Olen Alpine, has enhanced the decor by using her own artistic tsdents In needlepoint. This will be the first Christmas for the Wllllamses In their new home and both enjoyed completing their red and green traditional decora tions last week and now are ready to relax with friends before an open Are In the living room and den. The delicious odor of persimmon bread baking In the kitchen and hot tea create an atmosphere of warmth and cheer for the visitor who Is quickly asked to sample some of the goodies and take home a gift of pepper Jelly from Margaret’s kit chen. Conversation pieces In the living room are the hand cut mantel carved with a knife by Toby’s grand father, Oeorge Ware, about 86 years ago and brought from the bid family fsirm and Instsdled by Max Putnam, contractor. Another prised family heirloom is a seven-drawer Dovetail chest made by Margaret’s great grandfather during the Civil Ww. An unusual feature of the handsome chest Is that each drawer has an In dividual lock and key. The front door was also brought from the old home- place and bevel-edged In cutglass, a real find and quite beautiful. ’The lovely cutglass vases and lamps In the living room were gifts to Mar garet from her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Rowe of Olen Alpine, and other treasures that were handed down from that family of 10 children. The wicker chairs In the guest room were given to Mar- gsuet by her mother and a handsome trunk-chest In the guest bedroom was a gift of her great-great uncle. In the master bedroom are Margaret’s mother’s original tea set and doll she used In childhood and her mother’s high-top wedding shoes displayed prominently on a round table and on a family cheat. Story By EUZABETH STEWART Photos By TOM MCINTYRE other family pieces are featured In the dea Including a Apidewood breakfront, a sideboard over 100 years old. Civil War table with matching coal scuttle, clock and picnic basket as accents, and splndle-back heart-shaped chairs. Margaret’s kitchen la unique. A stained-glass window. Installed with hinges, which came from the old Centred Methodist Church Immedi ately attracts the attention of the visitor and "drugstore chairs’ from Margaret’s grandfather’s store, J. D. Pitts, In Olen Alpine are both comfortable and decorative. Toby’s schooldesk Is also used here. Other hlghUghts of the Williams house Include wooden peg floors In the living room. The remaining rooms of the home are carpeted. Stained glass is used also in the window of the bathroom adjoining the master bedroom and is 118- years-old. Margaret Williams said her parents home In Glen Alpine was a 12-room rambling house full of furni ture from vsu'lous periods of history. When both parents died, the furni ture was handed down to the 10 children In the family. Toby Williams also Inherited many of his family’s keepsakes and the Williams house sits on 180 acres, psut of a 860 acre tract on Waco Rd. Margaret hsus used msmy of her mother’s keepsake Items, Including her button and threads box prominently displayed In the den, her dough board and dough tray which Is also In the den, and many other Items which give charm and history to the home, which Is designed for comfort. A favorite spot of the man of the house Is the spacious den where there Is a clear view of the moun- tsLlns from the windows, which can be closed with shutters, and the sprawling patio and porch which open up Into the countryside sind on a clew day, according to Toby, you "can almost see forever.” Are J I A CENTURY OF OREETINO - Margaret Williams poses behind the beveled glass partition Inside her antique front door. Mrs. Williams said she figures the door, which was taken from the family homeplace and liwtalled here. Is about a hundred years old. She Is particularly proud of the bevel-edge cutglass In an oval shape. No one builds doors like this anymore, she said. THE WORK OF CRAFTSMAN — Toby Williams’ Williams and his wife built their new home the old grandfather, Oeorge Ware, fashioned this mantelpiece mantel was taken from the family farm and InslaUed In with a knife about 86-years ago. When "Squire” the Ihingroom by contractor Max Putnam. Mirror-Herald Thursday, December 23,1976 Living Today A (Big) Family Party The famUy of Mrs. W. R. WUson gathered on East Parker St. at her home for annual Christmas dinner. After dinner, her family and friends exchanged Christmas pres ents. Attending were Mrs. Ruth Gre gory of Arlington, Vs., Mr. and Mrs. Willard Mllten of Rlverdale, Md., Mr. and Mrs. Tom MlUen, Cherl and Renee, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie MlUen, Susan and Robbie, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Lewter and Michael, aU of Cayce, S. C.; Mr. and Mrs. Chuck MlUen, Brice and Jessica, of OsMton, S. C.; Mr. and Mrs. Don WUbome and Terry, Mr. and Mrs. Donny WU- borne, Jr., all of ’ThomasYlUe; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Grimes, Kim, John, Joey, and Jeffery of Matthews; Mr. end Mrs. Steve Gantt and Alan of ’Trinity; Miss Sonya Nelson and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Montjoy of Charlotte, and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hardin and Mike, Miss Linda Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Gantt, Mr. and Mrs. Dsn I u ^ Lib Stewart Freeman and Lisa, Mrs. PhyUls Fortenberry, Scott euid Nicole, Mrs. Essie Gregory, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Mayhue and Leroy Howell, all of Kings Mountain. COMINGS AND GOINGS BUI Throneburg has returned to Salt Lake City. Utah after a hoUday visit with his mother, Mrs. Y. F. Throneburg. Mr. Thomeburg came to Kings Mountsdn enroute from s business trip to Atlanta. James Throneburg of New York City wlU spend the Christmas hoU day with his mother. -oOo- Dr. Martha Plonk Is here from Itacha. New York for a visit with Kings Mountain relaUves. -oOo- Jacky and Sandl Rhea have Just returned from a National Hair Surgeon’s Seminar In Denver, Colorado, where Sandl ranked among the top three percent of hiUr styUsta in the United States, based on her halr-styllng knowledge and abUlty. -oOo- Mr. and Mrs. BUI AUen, David and Chris, are here from AUentown, Pa., for a Christmas vUlt with Mr. AUen’s pcuents, Mr. and Mrs. D. Hunter AUen, on Osston St. The AUens are former Kings Mountain residents.
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