December 2012/January 2013 - Watlington Parish Council

In 1923 while touring America, suffered ptomaine poisoning and died from a heart attack. His wife was
rumoured to have poisoned him to save him from any charges of corruption. Historians regard Harding as
the worst president.
Harvey Samuel Firestone born in 1868, in Ohio, started work in a buggy company. It folded, so he set
up his own business selling rubber tyres. In 1896 he gave a set of rubber tyres to Henry Ford who was
experimenting with horseless carriages. By 1900, Firestone realised cars were the future and his tyre
business must grow with it.
At 31, he founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. He pioneered the manufacture of pneumatic
tyres for the Ford Model T. and by 1906 his sales reached $1million propelling Firestone to the top of
the American tyre industry. He developed new treads, promoted the use of trucks for hauling freight and
lobbied for the construction of vast highway systems.
In 1926, in protest over the British-held monopoly over production of raw rubber held by Far East rubber
growers, Firestone started his own rubber plantations in Liberia, West Africa. He was president of the
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company until 1932, with sales of over $100 million at the time of his death in
1938.
Without all four of these men’s visions we might not have had paid holidays, driven to collect the turkey
hopefully without a puncture or lit up the Christmas tree.
Seasonal Greetings Ozanna
NewsWATCH
The Watlington & Chalgrove
GP Practice Newsletter
News from Your Surgeries!
Email us at: wat.chal@nhs.net Oct 2012
In the latest full version of our Newsletter the following topics are covered.
The Patient Survey 2012, Flu Jab Campaign 2012, On-line appointment booking,
Missed doctors appointments!, The new 111 telephone number, Gluten free products
prescribing.
If you would like to find out more about any or all of the above,
the full version of the newsletter is available on our website at
www.watlington-surgeries.nhs.uk/patient-group/newsletters
Alternatively, hard copies are available at the two surgeries and in many local outlets.
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