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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Holden
Millard County Progress, 26 February 1926, page 3
Washington's birthday was fittingly observed by our school Monday afternoon. An interesting program was given by the students in connection with the wonderful 12 reel picture “America” at the Anona Theatre in the afternoon. Mr. McKee repeated the show in the evening also Tuesday evening. America is one of the most wonderful plays that has ever been given to the public and every true American gets a thrill as he sees the characters of our colonial and Revolutionary period living again on the screen. It is of great value to all students as well as to older people.
