Honest Abe Newsletter, Summer 1981

SUMMER ]98I

VOLUME 2 NUMBER 2

A Special Wag oI Iriuing... i

An Honest Abe Log Home con provide you with o speciol woy of living. 6"x10" logs ploned smooth on the inside ond left nolurql on the outside with the old foshioned dovetqil notched corners con be construct-

ed to creote ony one of

THE SHENANDOAH

our

seventeen different designs.

Resembling the eorlier fronlier noturol beouty ond chorm, ond odding the

log house, copturing its

design ond engineering of 198 l, on Honest Abe Log Home is o unique ond eff icient creotion. lt hos the best of two diff erent times, to off er you o speciol woy of living.

The stone fireploce in the living room is os nolurol in o log home os

grondmo's cherry pie. lt gets pretty cold in Tennessee, but once you ho.ve o fire going, it's nice ond wqrm inside. The reoson for thot is becouse ihe heot con't escooe. In the f rontier log house, os the logs contrqcted due fo the cold, the wind slorted whistling

through the crocks, but in on Honest

Abe Log Home, oll the logs ond

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corners ore seoled.

The spocious kitchen wifh the beoutif ul wormy chestnut cobinets is o good exomple of the differenl ond

extroordinory look which con be creoted in o log home. lt is modern ond efficient, qnd, yei, hos on old foshioned chorm qbout it.

Notice in the bedroom how the beouty of yesierdoy blends with the elegonce of todoy. Just look ot the four poster bed ond chorming vonity.

Whot else could the lody desire! A

reflection of the rofters ond collor beqms cqn be seen in the mirror. .:i

We're glod you're interested in log homes, we believe in them qnd we live in them. lf you're tired of your present woy of life, on Honest Abe Log Home con chonge it.....chonge it to o speciol woy of living. Build one ond see!

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Ilteams Gome Ttue The grounds were recently broken for the construction of four new Honest Abe Log Homes' The Chesopeoke in Jomesfown, Tennessee, the Cumberlond in Glosgow, Kentucky, the Shenondooh neor Fountoin Run, Kentucky, qnd o modified Chesopeoke in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. Beginning sioges ore going smoof hly, ond one crew reports they finished ereciion of the logs in 55 hours.

Thot's reolly good. The new owners will be moving into

their new homes in iust o motier of weeks.

The following qre some comments obout the new homes:

"l've olwoys wonted o log home, ond on Honest Abe

Log

Home is the best one l've seen yet."

From onother owndr, "l like it fine ond l'm quite pleosed wifh the Honest Abe Log Home people."

From possible f uture customers: "h's obsoluiely beoutiful", ond "Abe Lincoln left this to 90 into politits?

Unbelievqble!" lf you hove ever dreqmed of building o log home, it isn't impossible. In spite of 16+V" morigoge roies, one con still moke some sensible decisions ond beot the high cosi of home conslruction, qnd the firsf step is on Honest Abe Log Home kit. Also, winfer being iust oround the corner is something else to consider in plonning your new home.

ll',utfrteesDoro Ealcs Model Gomplelcd and Opcn fot Busincss

Outloole Ahcad

Our soles model in Murfrees-

boro. Tennessee hos been

At this point in time ihe log home indusiry is looking good, ond increosing interest in log homes indicofes more soles in the months oheod.

More ond more people ore building log homes to sove money ond give them on olfernole woy of life - one thot is unique ond different. They're building Honest Abe Log Homes.

completed, ond is now open to serve

you. lt is the Brentwood "B" design, qnd hos o iolol of 2050 squore feet' Construction from beginning to

end went olong very smoothlY. lt required o lot of hord work, but the result is beoutiful. The interior is completely f urnished iust os your own home. lt combines troditionol ond modern decor to give you on ideo of

the limitless possibilities in decoroting

o log

home.

The model is locoted ot

the

Ourlet's Limited Mqll ot Exii 78-A off

of Interstole 24. All of

those

interested onlookers during construction con now come in ond ploce their orders! And we would like io invite everyone else to stop by ond visit with us.

fl Good Ptoduct WiII SeII ltself A good product will sell itself. How true

THE BRENTWOOD

thot

ours. Jusl osk ony of the people who hove bought on

expression is! Something which is good reflects quolity. lt doesn't motter whot it is, whether il's,something to weor, something to eof, something to live in, or whotever - you co n lell.

Ou r compony hos dedicoted itself to produce, not the most, like some of our competitors do, but the best log homes in the world. We're interested in quolity primorily,

Honesl Abe Log Home qnd let them tell you.

Honesl Abe Log Homes hove blended in the beouty qnd chorm of the log house of yesteryeqr with the engineering technology ond design of todoy to produce .|98 l. one of the best, if not ihe besf, log home in

not quontity, 'Jusi osk lhe mon who owns one' used to be o slogon

for o fqmous cor monufocturer, but if could very well be

Busincss in Rcuiew In spife of the present condition of our economy, soles

of Honest Abe Log Homes hove been good. We hove olso experienced some growing poins olong with soles. We hove estoblished four deolerships, one in Florido, one in Ohio, one in Kentucky, ond one in Indiqno. We hove built onother soles model in Murf reesboro, Tennessee qnd set up o complete soles sloff for thot office. And we hqve hired on odditionol three people to work for us ot the moin offices ond plorl in Moss, Tennessee. Not bod for o beginning! Business hos exceeded our expeclotions, ond we'd like to express our lhqnks fo qll our cuslomers for moking it possible.

We invite you to come lo Moss, Tennessee, or Murfreesboro, ond see our models, lhen compore lhem with other log homes. We believe our models will sell themselves, or 'you con osk the mqn who owns one'.

Ncul Gatalo$.....

Gorning Soonl Our new cotolog is scheduled io be published soon.

We hove put o lot of work into ii over the post yeor, New

designs, old designs ond redesigns hove

be.en

incorporoled into it to expond our line of homes ond, give you o wider ronge of selection. We now hove homes ond cobins from 300 ro 3OO0 squore feet ond from $3,000 to $20,000. Thot should be iust qbout wide enough to cover everybody's needs. lf you don't olreody hove o cololog or would like to hove the new one, you'll find it o most vqluoble tool in helping you lo select the right home for you. Jusl fill oui the coupon on the bockond mqil itto us.

Honest Abe Log Homes CATALOG ORDER FORM Please send me a copy of your catalog and price list for Honest Abe

Log Homes.

for Enclosed is $ catalog(s) at $3.00 each.

Mail to HONEST ABE LOG HOMES. Route #1. Moss. Tennessee 38575.

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We hope our newsletters hove been ond will still continue to be interesting ond informqtive. lf you would like more informotion on our log homes, fill out the coupon ot left ond mqil it lo us, or give us o coll. We would like to meet you ond show you oround.

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PoII Shours ll|otc People Ptelet hog llornes A public opinion poll ioken by on old, relioble morketing compony strongly shows thot public interest ond enf husiosm for log homes is on q powerf ul upswing.

The survey wos conducted by moil ond included o .|,009 odults. The question wos ihis: lt is sompling of estimqied thot o well built log home con be construcled in mosl sections of the U.S. for obout holf the cosl of o

Honest Abe Log Homes Route I Moss, Tenn. 38575

convenlionqlly built home of equol floor spoce. lf you were renfing on oporiment or conventionolhome ond could not off ord io buy q conventionol home, would you setile for o .|8.3%. well built log home? The results: Yes 62.6%". No Conditionol Yes 13.4%. Conditionol No O%. Undecided 4.0%. No onswer 1.7%".