He is listed in the latest Blue Book. A friend of mine has one of his cues. It looks like a titleist. He told me that Joe would go into a PH and look at the sticks and pick out the best ones. He would then cut them in two, install a joint, wrap and put his clear plastic butt cap on it. He said he was a shoemaker and players would come in and have him put leather on their cues for tips. That is how Joe got started in making cues. I hear that he was a pretty good pool player. I think he is mentioned in The Beard's book.