A few teen-agers may be a menace on the highway^—but almost half

A few teen-agers may be a menace on the highway^—but almost half a million other* are working daily to protect your hlt on the road. • im i • 1 a. — — 1MA-wnAyl ttfUavi tax9 In^AWiAllfWi ftlTinTlPI^I iT1 million otnera arc wuimur *7^ 7 •—r ;? •-^

That’s what newsmen learaM wten^nteme^Wmnenjn^ Thai« wnac new&iuen L.T/n 1954 National 4-H Safety Program recently at the*33rd National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. _ ,J j . _ Eight national winners received $300 college scholarships from General Motors, Safety Program, awards donor. GM also provided allBxpense trips to the Club Congress for national and state winners; ••Sure, some teen-agers are reckless drivers, said JjmMesserschmitt, 19, Elizabeth, Colorado, a national winner. “Thats all themore reason why a lot of us feel teen-agers must take the lead in fighting for safer ___ JwSuini* ^ • 5 j roads* and safer driving.” ' 1 At last count, more than 486,000; youngsters took in the Safety : tgecame awards Al lasi count, uiurc u»u “7,1 Program, That compares with 78,000 just before G.

^Although^he program is concerned with farm and hbms asi well as highway safety, participants are giving more and *u>x» emphasis to saving lives and property on the road. 1 1 ,r __ is__#nw AwatvmlA ves ana property yu wic iuou. j _. ._ Young Messerschmitt, for example, helped plan the find Teen-Age Traffic Association in the nation and in 1954 attended the White Hove Conference on Highway Safety. • . . • ,_, Thousands of other young crusaders for road aafety have organised ■afe driving clubs, given radio talks on highway hazards, placed safety posters in atore windows and encouraged public officials toereet warning signs at highway danger spots. i "Some youngsters, like Sara Ellen Phillips, 17, Midville, Ga^ had their interest in traffic safety spurred by accidents that struck-close to home. —-• a. _xl__01*|C 4a a «a4tnnal A XT a«M«ul A#$AW film*

gSraiS 5S; 5. iortto.t tel to.-Am j 4-H Mwd thl. _ _KHWIV MUCk/ auu hwj/wi wui Peggy"*Pfefferkoni, 18. West Friendship. Md.: Norlene Lawson, 1», Kiirvon. Minn.; Jack Martin, 20, Gardnerville, Nev.; Ella Blossom, 18,

h3KML&; Ralph Bay sWinford,Jj,IT, WichitaFall^ Texas;ax2 Florene Richardson, 17, Cedar Cito, Utah. Remember thetr names box* vuue none ***»■ «*»»» Tanning wild on the road*—and remember the 4-H safety *rmy, million strong. , s 1 il ;. .