James Eggert
The stories, oh the stories! Joe had many of them and always had many listeners. Early days it was truck driving cross country, firefighting and his family. We competed for a position with the Hinsdale Fire Department and we traveled to Jacksonville FL for a job ...neither one of us got it , we were 21 & 22 on the list, of course they only needed 20. You know " You silver tongued boy from the North, come down here to take our poor Southern boys jobs", didn't work out so well for us.
Rest in peace Joe and Godspeed.
Jim
