Orpheus Hall
Vernal, Utah
C. W. Showalter, and Andrew King opened the Orpheus Hall on Thanksgiving Day, 30 November 1911. The amusement hall had a spring dance floor, but was also used for roller skating, basketball, banquets, and movies. It was named after the Greek god of Mirth, “a famous musician who is reputed to have had power to entrance men, beasts, and inanimate objects by the music of his lyre.” At 11:00 PM on New Years Eve, 1928, the hall was renamed Imperial Hall. In a ceremony on 20 April 1965, Governor Governor Calvin L. Rampton took a sledge hammer and delivered the first blow in the demolition of the hall as part of a community beautification campaign.
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New Equipment to be Installed in Vogue Theatre
Vernal Express, 17 March 1948, page 1
The Vogue Theatre will close Thursday and Friday for redecorating and installation of new seats and other equipment. It will reopen Saturday with the feature picture, “The Smugglers” in color.
The new seats, which are coral rose colored, are of the comfortable spring type. New heavy velour gold and rose drapes will be hung. Also to be installed will be a new screen. The interior of the theatre will be painted to complete the renovation.