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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Those Who Are to be Seen at Ogden's Little Theatre
Ogden Standard Examiner, 12 November 1919, page 2
Arrangements for Ogden's "Little Theatre,” which will be opened at the site of the Rex theatre, between Lincoln and Grant avenues, on Twenty-fifth street, are progressing rapidly, and the principals for the cast of the first production have been chosen. Mrs. Ella O'Niell Ballantyne and Ray Ryan will be the leading characters, while others will be selected immediately after the play to be produced, has been decided upon.
Rev. Godfrey Matthews and Attorney Dan Sullivan have the matter in charge, Rev. Matthews having been given authority to pass on the play which the amateurs will produce. Attorney Sullivan will act as stage director.
A meeting will be held this afternoon at which the title of the first production probably will be chosen. It is anticipated that the work of rehearsing the play will begin at once.
Attorney Sullivan emphasizes the fact that all who wish to participate will be given opportunity and that the players will be chosen for their parts according to their merits.