They sold the property a decade later; at this point there would be "all kinds of cabins" in the region, much needed to house personnel around Fort Leonard Wood as the US mobilised to join World War II.

Widening of U.S. Route 66 in 1957 required the property be moved back from the original road; the dance hall was removed at this point.

[6] John Dausch closed the business upon his wife Lillian's death, not long after the new road had bypassed the site.

[10] This segment of US 66 is usable but no longer maintained (the two-lane road is a dead end at a now-demolished bridge near the Arlington, Missouri ghost town).

It is no longer safe to enter any of the buildings, although many have photographed the exteriors of the structures in the expectation that they may be lost completely in the near future due to years of abandonment and neglect.