Moody's Resort

Moody's Resort as described in the old brochure: "Rough it-in Comfort" on Bull Shoals Lake, Pontiac, Missouri. Modern Housekeeping cabins, perfect vacation spot for the whole family. For reservations write Hugh Moody, Phone Gainesville, Osborn 9-2261.

Can you even imagine "For reservations write.........." Can people really even write anymore? Moody's property was patented by Joe Hall and passed from owner to owner and eventually to the Mahans, who sold the property to Hugh and Edna Moody on January 15, 1958. They built the resort.

Pontiac Resort Association members, left to right: Joe Morgan, Alice Morgan, Bill Haege, Edna Moody, Flo Haege, Hugh Moody, Fran Gregory, Bill Gregory, Theresa Shourek, Guy Johnson and Frank Martinek.

The Moodys were very active in the community. They conveyed a portion of the property for what is now known as the old "Pontiac Ladies Club" building, on March 8, 1967. Edna Moody was one of the charter members of the club.

The resort as it looks today.

The Moody family sold the property to Bob Hoecker and Gus Goldenstern on December 10, 1979. The Hoeckers owned Roo-B-Doo Resort at the time, and the Goldensterns were residents of Pontiac. They bought the resort with intentions to convert it to private residents and sell, which they did, thus ending Moody's Resort.