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Show WmMI non-circulatin- Z'xrs T.&on. g ) i o bureau: Volume XIII, No. 12 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Holiday Issue, At 49th annual meeting of vSfiBfv 1 967 f; Shuman, Randolph are reelected; 14 members are named to Board The voting delegates at the 49th annual meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation in Chicago, Illinois, last week reelected Charles B. Shuman of Sullivan, Illinois, to his sixth term as president. Walter L. Randolph of Montgomery, Alabama, was reelected for his eighth term. Fourteen members of the AFBF Board of Directors were also elected during the business session on Thursday, December 14. Only State Farm Bureau presidents are eligible to serve on the Board of Directors. Two new men were elected to the Board from the Western region. A. W. Langenegger, president of the New Mexico Farm & vice-presid- a Winter Driving Demands Attention Winter is here again. With it comes the Holiday Season and a number of community and school activities. Also with it comes bad driving many days of conditions for rural people in much of the nation. Innumerable driving errors occur in winter because drivers fail to adjust to changing conditions. Penalties for these mistakes range from delays and frayed tempers to extravagant property damage, and loss of grievous injuries, life. But it doesn't have to happen to you. Here are some tips on safe winter driving that you may want to note and pass along to others in your community or school. BE PREPARED I EMERGENCIES: If you somehow manage to get stuck, be ready with sand, traction mats, chains, a shoveL - two-ye- ar term succeeding Max AFBF officers Benitz, Washington SFB president. Herbert D. Livingston, Wyoming FBF president, was elected to serve for one year, filling the unexpired term of Henry F. Wilson, who resigned as president of the Montana FBF and as a Board member earlier this year. NEW MEMBERS were also elected to the Board as representatives of the Southern and Northeastern regions. James Graugnard, president of the Louisiana FBF, was elected for a two-yea- r term succeeding C. If. DeVaney, former president of the Texas FB. Arthur H. West, New Jersey FB president, was elected for a two-yeterm succeeding G. A. Biggs, president of the Pennsylvania Farmers' Association. The following Board members were reelected for two-yeterms: are reelected ar ar LETS SEE You must see danger to avoid It. But winter makes it tough. Early darkness hides danger while bad weather blinds you with rain, fog or snow. Icy or fogged windows are a frequent annoyance. And headlight glare Is much worse through the glint of a spattered windshield. You see - here is what you can Midwestern Region George Doup, Indiana; William Kuhfuss, Illinois; Elton R. Smith, Michigan; and Frank Sollars, Ohio. Northeastern Region Keith Wallace, Vermont. Southern Region Robert B. Delano, Virginia; J. D. Hays, Alabama; and Boswell Stevens, Mississippi. Western Region Allan Grant, California, and Floyd Hawkins, Arizona. The delegates reelected Mrs. Chester Smith of Oklahoma and Mrs. J. S. Van Wert of Iowa to the American Farm Bureau Women's Committee. Both will serve two-yeterms on the Committee. They were nominated during the AFB Women's conference earlier during the convention. ar do: BRUSH OFF: Dont be a peephole pilot. Brush off all the snow from front, back and side glass. Get off the ice and crust snow, too. Clear snow from the hood and top so it wont keep dusting back cm the windshield and rear people damage transmissions and differentials or overheat engines during angry and often fruitless attempts to dislodge their hungup vehicles. TRACTION TRICKS: Sand, a mat or a piece of metal ashes, In the rubber. Though their efficiency drops with studs imbedded they provide more starting traction on ice than anything except tire chains. wear, STEER TRUE It takes more than just an oil window. Snow, ice and slush make steercarpeting under the rear wheels change and antifreeze to be ready WARM Have ever UP: out can But you help. letting the air ing touchy, so keep both hands on for a safe snow season. If you . out on a turned winter no started of does day, tires good. Extra the wheel and both eyes on the haven't already done so, check the when on heater is In the the trunk gains little hut road. engine out these things too: weight warm after a mile or so - - and it does risk a lot in more chance STAY STEADY: Avoid sudden on the had the of skids. side glass Instantly fog You need good tread changes in direction. Quick turns TIRES: the and lane changing can cause a to bite and grip. Keep tires at Inside so you cant see? Start LETS GO of ahead time, spin. Make your movements recommended pressure. Low motor a few minutes move out on on and and ice defroster To and turn the heater snow, smoothly and gradually. pressure doesn't help traction SKID TIP: If you start to skid, before you start out. Be sure you need two things: Traction but it will increase wear. know-how most to warm the get enough BRAKES: plus the Check and adjust if that the inside air is immediately turn the steering on the whal out of consensation have. wheel in the direction the rear traction to you make can prevent Uneven pull necessary. the Use TOUCH: FEATHER end is sliding. Dont overskid. glass. you seen. and In be See steer. The Instant you feel the LIGHT UP: gas pedal very softly. Start WINDSHIELD: Live" wiper car coming out of it, straighten drive or second gear. Spinblades and correct arm tension Turn on your low beams at dusk, in in rain or snow, or just gloomy ning the wheels only makes things ftifj tvhAPiC prevent streaking. Check windshould I1k!us Ice TEMPERATURE TRAPS: slicker an digs you in deeper. shield washer solution and make weather. All your aimed Read your is twice as slippery at 30 degrees ROCK OR NOT: sure- defroster Is working okay. be working, with headlights Remember, too, that owner's manual for advice on as it is at 0 degrees, so wet ice EXHAUST: Inspect muffler and properly. to in sunny areas is more dangerous. aggravated by r. dirty tail?: f;r leaks, deadly in win- Sir re rocking your car - shifting back Because of temperature difwindshield. .vinaow-up weather. resr.d and forth between forward ter'.;; seem II COUNT TO TEN: you Cold weather is verse ,:t3rs - to get your car ferences, too, ice lasts longer and yc-;on bridges and in shady spols. save to the be temper on stuck, a fro5. battery dou'jiy rugged swerve or brake when flocr it" Dont cola saps its power but then winter resist the impulse to A new ST IfD STORY: your developyou hit an unexiected patch of blistering driving gives it more work to do. In hopes of tracand shovel ment on the winter scene is the ice - - let it roll through. Make sure your battery has what way out. Get the STAY BACK: Stretch your tion aids, or go for help. Many studded tire- - tires with hard metal it lakes. 1 - ent following distance w-a- -y out in winter. You cant make quick steering movements on slippery roads. And it takes a lot longer to stop. Give yourself some space - avoid a sliding crash into the vehicle ahead. KEEP THEM ROLLING : On ice even moderate braking can lock the front wheels, and you cant steer unless the front wheels are rolling. Studded tires both front and rear greatly aid steering control Chains are even better. WHOA! Start stopping sooner on snow That means thinking ice. ahead as well as looking ahead so you can anticipate slowing movements. and PEDAL PUMPING: You cant make a panic stop on ice. But tests prove that pumping the brakes gives the quickest possible stop that still keeps steering control. Quick, hard jabs alternate locked wheels and rolling action. DANGER ZONE: Snow often Is packed and polished by sliding and spinning wheels hear intersections. Slow down in plenty of time. |