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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Jewelry Shop to Open in West Side Of Vernal Theater
Vernal Express, 24 January 1946, page 5
Barkers' Jewelry of Heber City will open a shop in Vernal the middle of February in the west side of the Vernal Theater, it was announced by D. R. and J. L. Barker last week. The new shop will be 16 x 30 feet and will feature watch and jewelry repairing, silverware, and small electrical appliances.
