Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-10-30
BY NINA CARTER TABB.

T HUBERT B. PHIPPS OF Rector
- town, Va, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jay S. Phipps Of West
a 4 bury, Long Island, and The
Mill, near Middleburg, is the new ed
itor and publisher of the Fauquier
Democrat, the oldest newspaper in
Fauquier County. This is a twice
weekly paper. with offices in War
renton, the county seat of Fauquier.
Thomas E. Frank of Warrenton found
ed this paper in 1906. ran it success
fully for a number Of years and then
sold it to the late Harrison Nesbit
Mr.. Frank bought it back several
years ago and has just sold it to Mr..
Phipps, who takes over control No.
vember /. His first issue will be No.
vember 3. election day.
The Fauquier Democrat has al
ways been strong Democratic
mouthpiece for this section of Vir-
ginia, and the same policy will be
continued by Mr.. Phipps, who Is
chairman of the Young Democrats Of
Scott District. He has been most for
tunate in securing Gerald B. Webb, jr.,
who has had newspaper experience,
to help him in this venture. Mr..
Webb was formerly from Colorado
Springs and recently moved here from
Chicago, where he has been in bust
ness for the past four years. He is
well known in Virginia. having attend
ed the University Of Virginia, class OF
1882, with Hubert Phipps. He has Wit
tied in this part of the country for a
good many years. Gerry" Webb
comes by his fondness for Virginia
naturally, as he is great-grandson
OF Jefferson Davis. His father is DR..
Gerald B. Webb of Colorado Springs,
Q noted tubercular specialist, and his
mother was Miss Varina Margaret
Hayes Of Mississippi, daughter OF Joel
Addison Hayes. Mr.. Phipps and Mr..
Webb will endeavor to make the
Fauquier Democrat a paper of coun-
ty-wide interest. with contents OF
value and interest to all subscribers.
The new publication will carry
special notes of farming interest as
we'll as data on hunting, racing and
polo.
Hubert Phipps is well known in the
hunting field and hunts with Orange
County, Piedmont and Middleburg
packs. He plays polo with the Fau-
quier-Loudoun polo team and in the
IL and 16 goal handicap tournaments
on the Meadowbrook Field on Long
Island. Michael Phipps, a seven-goal
international player of Long Island,
Is his brother and Winston and Ray
mond Guest Of polo fame are his
first cousins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Phipps will spend
the month Of November at their place
here, The Mill, for the bird-shooting
season. Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Phipps
will join their parents here for sew
eral weeks. j. S. Phipps built a beau
tiful polo field on Goose Creek which
the Fauquier-Loudoun team play on.
The Cobbler Hunt, near Delaplane,
Va. had the misfortune to have their
entire kennel burn to the ground on
Tuesday. They could not 60 out
hunting on Wednesday as scheduled.
The fire started from q stove on
which food for hounds was being
cooked. All hounds were saved, but
kennels, sleeping quarters for the
huntsmen and every building went up
in smoke, complete loss to the hunt
club. since they were not insured. Dr.
Edmund Horgan, M. F. H.. Is keep
ing hounds in box stalls fixed up as
temporary quarters. and he will con-
tinue hunting next week
An amusing incident Of this sad
loss to the club, is that when the
huntsman and whips finally got
hounds out of the blazing kennels,
the hounds ran around in delight at
being out, started a fox, and could
be heard for three hours giving
tongue" as they can over hill and
dale with no followers. No hanging
around watching q fire for those keen