The new corporation, however, could not sustain major success at Fern Brook.  Other area attractions out-distanced Fern Brook for patrons. For Memorial Day 1941 Sans Souci had 10,000 visitors; Rocky Glen had 25,000; 5,000 at the lakes picnic grounds and Sandy Beach; but only 2,000 danced to the music of Reggie Childs. 

It was hoped that a reconstructed Trucksville-Dallas highway would expand summer traffic but World War II and gas rationing was to follow.  A headline orchestra to appear at Fern Brook was Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra on September 6, 1942, three months before Peal Harbor. 

Glen Gray (1906-1963) started his own band at age 13 and saxophonist Gray’s orchestra was the first swing band to be featured on radio in 1935.  The band remained popular until the end of World War II in 1945.next