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ff 8 onioorffic sttdtrrf thae annual fun run by sue pethick dont forget the family fun run through the streets of un- ionville a gentle 5km or a tougher 10km late registration on run day sunday june 8 is from 7 to 8 am with the race starting promptly at 830 am dog owners please keep your pets controlled on leashes or behind fences so the run ners havent extra things with which to contend see you sunday morning the unionville festival fun run wishes to thank the follow ing for their contribution to this years event beatrice foods ltd clintar groundskeeping services cocacola ltd lob- laws ltd tridel corporation unionville fruit company ltd and unionville massage ther apy center golddigger produces work pants by susan casella in the 1800s in north america it was a time of waste not want not and use and reuse for settlers the canvas from covered wagons used to transport pioneers to a new home could serve several purposes the first was often a tent to pro tect the family while the team and wagon was put to use to help clear the land the canvas was then used as a temporary roof on a log cabin if after this the canvas had any life left in it it was cut up and sewn into sturdy work clothes tomeet alextilley the man who built a better hat alex will be at the blue heron between 122 pm on sat june 7th if youslready own a tillef hat let alex autograph if or purchase your first tilley from our store village evo clothing inc 4778659 open thurs til 8 205 main st unionville sun 125 mon 15 tuessat 106 in 1850 a golddigger levi strauss from san francisco who realized like many others he would have to make his fortune some where other than the gold fields noticing the thrif tiness of pioneer wives and being aware of the need for readymade clothes for working men he started a company that pro duced work pants he made these first pants from brown tent canvas they were slim legged for safety and low cut for comfort later he had his canvas fabric dyed indigo blue in the i870s strauss added copper rivets at points of stress until the turn of the century though most men would not accept these levis were eventually made in grey brown stripes and the most popular blue denim as with todays they shrank wrinkled and faded but unlike to days product of the same company they could be worn for years with- out wearing out historical society busy the unionville historical society was established in 1983 and while still a relatively young organiza tion it has been very active in the past year and has some interesting plans and projects lined up for the coming year the society has been involved in lectures and audiovisual presenta tions to local schools and commun ity groups library displays a pub lic walking tour of the village as well as assistance with a rom bus tour of the community have all been recent activities ofthe society and its members we are presently undertaking a book project with the aid of the un ionville festival committee which will document the history of the vil lage since its beginnings more than two centuries ago if you have any information which may be helpful in our research please contact the society at the address listed below or contact our writerresearcher larry rainey at 22 karma road unionville l3r 4y2 be sure to stop in at our display at the festival we have an excellent 35millimetre presentation on un- ionvilles history which was recent ly produced and is being premiered during the festival we are located in the tent behind the union mills clothing shop on the west side of main st just north of the queens hotel and old firehall sports new members are most welcome to join the society and attend its monthly meetings usually held on the fourth monday evening of each month our annual membership fee is only 5 and our address is po box 296 unionville ont l3r 2v3 multifaceted man unionville founder theo rothe what does a school in unionville and a small park in downtown toronto have in common the name william berczy although william berczy has been a maligned figure in canadian history recent historical evidence has determined that william berc zy played a major role in the settle ment of york and markham born in the town of wallerstein in the southern principality of swalia germany johann albreeht ulrich moll otherwise known as william berczy was baptized on dec 10 1744 he was raised in vienna and sub sequently travelled painted his way around europe before settling in england in 1790 where he be came the drawing master to the daughters of sir william pulteny sir william pulteny and his associates founded the genesee association a british company which organized colonists for settle ment in north america an adventurer at heart berczy gathered a group of german fami lies and reportedly set sail for america and the genesee track in new york state from hamburg germany on may 2 1792 in two small brigs with 235 passengers on their arrival disputes arose over finances and especially te nure when it was discovered the settlers would be leaseholders and not true owners of the land in february 1794 after reading governor simcoes proclamation of 1792 offering free grants of land william berczy resolved to take his entire group to upper canada approximately 190 german settlers plus some pennsylvanians who joined berczy enroute spent the winter of 17945 in the midst of a forest in markham township in the county of york some of the berczy people moved their equipment and goods by raft up the don river where they estab lished a small hamlet known as ger man mills john street leslie the crop failures of 1795 and 1796 drove many of the settlers to york in search of food nevertheless the berczy settle ment survived but not on the gran diose scale envisioned by william moll berczy he was not destined to be a successful businessman it appears that political intrigue and obstruction frustrated many of his schemes for developing the mar kham settlement although he went heavily into debt bonding his houses and mills to secure food for his settlers they turned against him his land title questioned and methods of management chal lenged william moll berczy re turned to england to plead his case before the king financially ruined and disillu sioned he nevertheless returned to clear his debts and provide a decent living for his family william berczy turned to other talents as an artist he portrayed early upper and lower canadian officials in miniaturelike portraits as an architect he was the first to build a bridge to span the don riv er design and construct many of the early government buildings build a saw mill and grist mill for the young city of york which he help found also to be noted was his work on the extension of yonge street in 17945 despite all these accom plishments william moll berczy born johann ulrich moll died a broken embittered man in new york city in 1813