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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Gamble's Store Planned at Main Theater
Vernal Express, 8 February 1962, page 1
A Gamble's chain store will be opened at the site of the Main theater in Vernal in the near future.
Mr. and Mrs. K. D. Patitz of Bassett, Nebraska, will operate the business.
The theater will be completely remodeled, including a new front, by Francis Feltch, the owner.
The Nebraska couple has purchased a new home in Vernal recently built by Lynn Martinsen and will be moving to Vernal in about 30 days.
They will be accompanied by their three daughters, Carolyn, 4; Kathy, 3, and Jan, 1.
