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The booklet at a cost of $1.50 is available from the .Histor‘ical Society 'of Mecklenburg Upper Canada Inc.. PO. Box 496. S ation K. Toronto. Ont. 4P 2G7‘ Distinguished archiv tect. adventurous ex- plorer. artist, linguist. engineer, colonist and writer. William Moll Berczy is the subject of an illustrated booklet which came into my hands recently through the kindness of Ilse Bran- dhofl‘. Avenue Road, Richmond Hill. Berczy was the founder of Markham Township. Berczy‘s objective of founding a better society in the wilderness of the new world was funded by a wealthy German company By agreement with John Graves Simcoe, first lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada, he was to settle his Germans on the 64,000 acres which later comprised the Township of Markham. Part of the agreement was the construction of a road from Lake Ontario to Lake Simcoe by the German settlers. They began their work late in August 1974 on what is now Yonge Street. which was planned as trail only 18 feet wide. gut which still required backbreaking work in felling the huge trees. clearing the dense underbrush. corduroying the swamps and building bridges. C-4 â€" THE LIBERAL. Wednesday. October 19, 1977 By the end of November that same year} the road was passable (more or less) as far north as Example of a 310.000-Second Mortgage Loan amonized over 20 years. Example of a $5.000 Personal Loan repaid over a 5 year term 12 V2 Ill/2% Personal Loans Over $1,500 Rate WeMake Simple interest calculated on the declining balance Simple interest calculated on the declining balance. Street people are feet people. Tfiey’ie neat people who meet people. Why not join up? Take a? walk. ~ pan III /Pt7[ f [17/7 I ‘ Repayment pfans up to 5 years. Fast, professional, confidential service Rates subject to change Guarannz Trust W. N. Girard, Manager 5. yesterdays Tennih Months Cost of Loan Momhly Payments 10132 Yonge Street 884-1188 by mary dawson Berczy led the way to Markham T0 wnsh/p $5,529.00 $106.65 $1,750.00 $112.50 Temporary huts were built for shelter for that first winter and as much land as possible was cleared for spring planting, tools and seed being supplied by the German company. Langstaff and Berczy’s followers (186 men, women and children) were able to move their belongings to their new settlement in Markham. They had made an unsuccessful attempt to settle in the Genesee region in the state of New York prior to this and travelled to their new home in .Conestoga wagons pulled by oxen. This would have spelled economic isolation for the young town of York. Therefore, although encouraging Berczy to pursue the matter of the waterway. Governor Simcoe quietly made it Berczy discovered a navigable waterway from Lake Ontario to his set- tlement via the Rouge River and proposed to link it by means of a canal to the Holland River and so to Lake Simcoe to provide an ideal route for the north west fur trade. Food for the first winter, .as well as oc- casional gifts of liquor and tobacco, were supplied by Berczy. Giving the settlement its name of German Mills were the two mills built by Berczy on Lot 4, Concession 3. The large saw mill with three saws started operation in April 1795 and the grist mill began grinding flour that same year Pflflflflflatr/Dfl' , Walk a block.Today. Second Mortgage Loans Amortized up to 20 years. A crop failure in the summer of 1795 hit the Iyoung settlement hard bringing famine during the long winter months. impossible for him to build a harbor at the mouth of the Rouge, ef- fectively killing the plan. Compounding the hardships of pioneer life was a decision of the government of Upper Canada (Simcoe had gone) cancelling the land grants on the argument that aliens could not legally own land before they had lived seven years in Canada. This meant bankruptcy for Berczy. He travelled to London, England. to appeal this decision and although the decision in 1801 was in his favor it was subject to Grand 0pening-Oet.19,19 , A neyv concept in convenience shepplng! Markham . . .f0r1 A Trich Development confirmation by the executive council of Upper Canada. That body decided against the ruling of the British government and Berczy‘s holdings at German Mills were sold at auction to settle his debts. Although it would appear on the surface that William Moll Berczy failed. the booklet points out that his work did not perish. Yonge Street, the German Mills. the Rouge River water-way and an industrious. well organized pioneer community attracted new settlers and made Markham Township one of the most successful settlements in Upper Canada. for what you need today I am in receipt of a list supplied to me by the Assessment Commissioner under Secâ€" tion 23 of The Assessment Act, R.S.O. 1970, as amended, which shows the school support of every inhabitant who is entitled to direct taxes for school support purposes. The list was publicly posted in my office on the 19th day of October, 1977. YOU are hereby requested to examine the list for any errors or omissions in my office at the Municipal Offices, 2141 Major Mackenzie Drive, Maple. The last day for the filing of applications for revision of the list is November 4th, 1977. I shall attend at my office on the 24th day of October, 1977 between the hours of 8:30 am. and 4:30 pm. for the revision of the list and shall continue to do so from day to day, except Saturday and Sunday, until all applications filed on or before November 4th, 1977 have been disposed of. FREDERICK G. JACKMAN, TO ALL INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF VAUGHAN ENTITLED TO DIRECT TAXES FOR SCHOOL SUPPORT PURPOSES Clerk, Town of Vaughan, 2141 Major Mackenzie Drive, Maple, Ontario 832â€"281 October 19th, 1977. NOTICE VARIOUS ALTERNATIVES FOR FUTURE HYDRO SERVICE IN YORK REGION, AND THE TOWN OF RICHMOND HILL IN PARTICULAR, WILL BE DISCUSSED. COPIES OF THE RESOURCE GROUP REPORT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM RICHMOND HILL HYDRO, 10184 YONGE ST., L4C 1T6. WIN a London Show Tour and Luggage for Two! Free. Details in the mall. Ballots in our stores. NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEEI'ING Hydro Utility Restructuring REGION OF YORK RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM 8:00 PM. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1977 Markham Place Don Mills Rd. ISIoclcs S [EELEidVE HWY W.S. COOK, CHAIRMAN YORK LOCAL STUDY TEAM Phone: 881-7422