Exhibit 1 JOINT FILING AGREEMENT This will confirm the agreement by and among all of the undersigned that the Schedule 13D, dated December 1, of Minotto Partners, L.P. filed on or about this date with respect to the beneficial ownership by the...

                                                                       Exhibit 1

                             JOINT FILING AGREEMENT


         This will  confirm the  agreement  by and among all of the  undersigned
that the  Schedule 13D, dated December 1, of Xxxxxxx Partners,  L.P. filed on or
about this date with respect to the beneficial  ownership by the  undersigned of
shares of common stock,  par value $2.50 per share  ("Common  Stock"),  of Xxxxx
Enterprises, Inc. is being filed on behalf of each of the undersigned.

         This Agreement may be executed in one or more  counterparts  by each of
the undersigned, and each of which, taken together, shall constitute but one and
the same instrument.

Dated: December 5, 1997

                                         XXXXXXX PARTNERS, L.P.

                                         By:  Xxxxxxx Management Company, LLC
                                              General Partner

                                             /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
                                         By: ----------------------
                                             Name:  Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
                                             Title: Member

                                             /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx      
                                         By: ----------------------
                                             Name:  Xxxx Xxxxxxx   
                                             Title: Member         
                                         


                                        XXXXXXX MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC

                                             /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
                                         By: ----------------------
                                             Name:  Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
                                             Title: Member

                                             /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx      
                                         By: ----------------------
                                             Name:  Xxxx Xxxxxxx   
                                             Title: Member