Show Local Man Gains Favor in East K w. w 3 fc w. w. w w. w w. w Kilpatrick V. V P. P Overland Co I II t a 4 I P m I I II I II I a- a t II I I I I p I I I fr Ii William H H. H Kilpatrick Kilpatick is residing w well II known in m In wn the locally and apartments has a son William Kilpatrick ILLIAM II Kilpatrick formerly I X WILLIAM ILLIAM I plant engineer has been elected elect elect- I ed a vice president of ot the I I Overland Willys-Overland company I and placed in charge of production This announcement was made following following follow follow- In ing the resignation of LeRoy Kramer Mr Mi- Ir Kilpatrick j Joined the tho Overland family in May Because of ot his success in plant engineering his first task was wasa a survey of ot the Toledo factory with a aview aview aview view of cutting pi production costs by a 8 better alignment of the process of I manufacture e. I A notable result of his survey was the j I redesigning and alignment of ot the work in tho the export division which led to a marked increase in efficiency and a re resulting resulting re- re suiting lowered production cost The packing of Overland cars for ex export export ex- ex port was so revised that great savings I were brought rou ht about In lumber costs and andIn andIn andin In the amount of shipping space necessary necessary necessary sary to each case Tho The work was further further further fur fur- ther facilitated by the construction ofa of ofa a semicircular track for carrying the cars during the process of preparing them for shipment Mr Kilpatrick is a machinist lie He I learned his trade on tho the Rio UIo Grande Grando railroad and from railroad work went to executive duties in tho industrial field For a number of years he played a prominent part in the successful de development development do de- I of the Buick company On the eve of his coming to tho the Willys Overland company he ho directed direct direct- I ed the laying out and erection of I the tho ew ow Chevrolet and Buick plants 1 I in St. St Louis the largest assembly a plant under unde one roof in the tho world The speed with which tho the plant was built and the almost uncanny foresight of the tho building directors in preparing for the meeting a series of emergencies evoked admiration and congratulation from Americas America's en engineering engineering en- en and construction leaders Mr 11 Kilpatrick has proved himself a most approachable and genial director di director dl- dl rector recto and and already numbers his friends and admirers in the Overland organization by the scores They are gratified by his promotion and andI confident that he will lead the way to I even greater success in Overland production |