Show HIGHWAY 80 GETS BOOST IT AT LEES FEW RICE richfield residents attend celebration at historic river crossing the celebration at lees ferry the last of the week designed to create more friendly relations between arizona and utah in commemorating mem orating the early crossing of the ferry by mormon pioneers who settled northern arizona was fully successful although state papers carried detailed reports it is of interest locally to mention the road building plans reported at the meet preston G peterson Pc terson of the state road commission who was to have been a speaker was called to salt lake on account of the death of W J parker of the commission but before leaving requested president P F G 11 martines artines of the associated civic clubs to take his place on the program and to inform the crowd assembled that plans are underway to have work started early next year for completion of highway 89 to an oil surfaced standard as far as the arizona line the highways eventual extension to the canadian line was also J B morrison of richfield who crossed the colorado at lees ferry fifty years ago this month was among the pioneers in attendance other richfield people attending 11 were mr air and mrs F G martines mr and mrs ray E carr mr and mrs martin thorsen and mrs bertha showalter J 13 ramsay another pioneer had bad planned to attend but was unable to go because of illness |