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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Panguitch City Council Meets
Garfield County News, 10 May 2001, page 1
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Old Show House / Gem Theater
Mayor Torgerson spoke with the owners of the Show House property. A letter stated that the partition was originally there for protection and security. The owners are currently in process of obtaining a loan to finish the Show House project. If this does not materialize, they will redo the partition and make the front look nice. A motion was made to grant a 60-day time frame to the Gregureks to begin work on the old Gem Theater.
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