6 Friday, May 10, 2019brooklintowncrier.com Burns Presbyterian Church 765 Myrtle Rd West (just 4 minutes north of Brooklin) 10am Worship, Kids Zone Fun & Nursery Care "Discovering God, Sharing God's Love" 905.655.8509 www.Burnschurch.org Brooklin United Church 19 Cassels Rd. E. Sundays 10:30 am Sunday School & Nursery Care Come catch the Spirit! www.brooklinunited.ca 905.655.4141 Renaissance Baptist Church of Brooklin 40 Vipond Road (Just West Of Library) Sunday Worship & Kids Program 10:30 am We're here for Brooklin! 905.655.4554 www.brooklinrbc.ca Brooklin Village Church At Brooklin High School, 20 Carnwith Drive W. Sundays, 10:30 am Our Mission is to share the love of Christ as we live out our calling to become more like Him. www.brooklinvillagechurch.com St. Thomas' Anglican Church 101 Winchester Road East Sunday Services: 8:30 and 10:30 am Sunday School & Nursery Program (10:30am) Wednesday 10:00 am Communion & Healing Service Celebrating 150 years in Brooklin 'Wherever you are on your spiritual journey, we welcome you!' 905.655.3883 www.stthomasbrooklin.ca Community Calendar Fri., May 3-Sat. May 11: Beech Street Theatre Company Presents: Earthkraft A comedy by Michael Khashmanian At Brooklin Community Centre Six shows: 4 evening + 2 matinee performances. For dates and times, visit bstconstage.com $27 per ticket online through web site or at the door. Seating is limited Sat., May 11: 11 am: Big Bucks Euchre At Odd Fellows Hall, 42 Bagot St. Regular progressive- No partner needed $10 includes lunch, excellent prizes Advance tickets only Proceeds to Camp Trillium camps for kids with cancer and their families 905-655-4652 Sat., May 11: 8:30 am-3 pm: St. Leo the Great Church Spring Bazaar and Garage Sale 130 Watford St. Brooklin Bake Sale, Sports Equipment, BBQ, Books / DVDs, Grannie's Attic, Penny Sale, Silent Auction, Childrens' Games Fun for the Whole Family Benefiting Chruch's Youth Ministry Call 905-620-0724 for info Sat., May 11 - Sun., May 12: St. Leo's Donations for St. Vincent de Paul Brooklin If you're cleaning out closets, keep the less fortunate in mind. Our truck will be parked at St. Leo's Church at the front facing the school, 130 Watford St., to receive donations of used clothing, shoes, linens and small household goods. No furniture please. Bags of donated items can be left beside the truck and Vincentians will load them. Thank you in advance for your generosity towards our neighbours in need. Tues., May 14: 9:30am: Optimist Club of Brooklin flag raising ceremony at Regional HQ The Optimist Club of Brooklin is celebrating 100 years of optimism. We're celebrating in the community by doing "100s of good deeds" (i.e. collecting items for Durham Feed the Need, Bethesda House and SOCKS Oshawa/Whitby). Wed., May 22: 7:30 pm Whitby in Bloom Presents: Carol Pasternak on "Drama in the Butterfly Garden" At Brooklin United Church Learn how to focus on the life in your yard. Will feature a book signing of "How to Raise Monarch Butterflies, a Step-by-Step Guide for Kids." Space is limited. Register and reserve your spot early at whitby.ca/whitbyinbloom. Sat., May 25: 9 am-1 pm: Brooklin Horticultural Society annual plant sale At Grass Park. Also $55 Rain Barrel Fundraiser. Barrels can be ordered at www.RainBarrel.ca/ Brooklin by May 14. Pickup at Brooklin United Church on May 25, 9-1. Locally grown healthy perennials, annuals, vegetables & more for sale! Vendors selling gardening decor & supplies. BHS members on site to answer gardening questions. Details at: www.brooklinhorticulturalsociety.com/ bhs-plant-sale.html. Sat., May 25: 7th annual Brooklin-wide Yard Sale Hosted by Sherry Corbitt, Mortgage Bro- ker and Steph & Elle, Real Estate. To register your home, contact Sherry Corbitt at sherry@sherrycorbitt.ca. Sun., May 26: 9 am - 12 pm: Pet Valu Walk for Dog Guides Hosted by Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides At Brooklin's Pet Value store Visit: walkfordogguides.com/ locations/walk.cfm?ID=1981 Sun., May 26: 7:30-9 pm: Trivia Night At MichaelKelly's Eatery on Winchester and St. Thomas $20 per person cash only. Teams of 4-6 ONLY. Each team receives a large pizza and an order of garlic bread, with a beer per person. Winning team members each get a $10 gift certificate to MK's. Register by emailing your name and number of team members to: editorofbtc@gmail.com Capacity is 42 people, so registration is first come-first served. Hosted by the BTC with all proceeds to Prostate Cancer Canada Network (PCCN) Durham. Tues., May 28: 6:30-7:30 pm (4th Tuesday of each month) Teen Advisory Group at Brooklin Library Whitby Library's Brooklin Branch seeks Teen Advisory Group members to share ideas, and assist with special events and programs. Grade 7-12 students earn community service hours. No registration required. For information, email: teenservices@whitbylibrary.ca Thurs., June 13: 1:30 pm: 14th annual "Fore the Future" Charity Golf Classic At Royal Ashburn Golf and Country Club. Proceeds to programs supporting children and youth in care throughout Durham. For more information or to register, contact Sian Gibson, Executive Director sian.gibson@durhamcaf.ca Sat., June 15: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Nova's Ark's 9th Annual Friendship Walk. 3 km walk from Grass Park led by Bing the camel Fundraiser to help maintain our unique program facility. Music from The Working Dawgs, face painting and hands-on interaction with therapy animals. Nova's Ark Charity is a not-for-profit organization based in Brooklin that provides individualized programs for people of all ages and abilities. To register for the Friendship Walk or to make a donation, visit www.novasark.ca. French Family Storytime: Children and their caregivers can join Madame Sue for weekly French Family Storytime! A half hour of French stories and songs, with a dash of English! Drop in at Central Library's Children's Program Room Mon., July 1: Canada Day 10k, 5k and Kids dash Organized by Brooklin W-I-N Start and finish at Brooklin Coffee Culture Register is at www.runningroom.com or sign up on race day Proceeds to Autism Awareness. For more info, contact Ian Barron at melgumroad50@hotmail.com or 905 626 9649 Tuesdays: 7:25 pm: Brooklin Toastmasters Club Practice public speaking at Brooklin Community Centre & Library. Contact John Johnstone at jajhj@sympatico.ca or phone 905-683-4439 or Patricia Romano at promano257@outlook.com or phone 905-626-7055. 1st & 3rd Tuesdays Community Care Durham (CCD) Basic Foot Care at St. Thomas' Anglican Church. 905-668-6779 Mon.-Fri. CCD delivers hot or frozen meals. To order: Karen Andrews 905-668-6779 If you have a community not-for-profit event you would like included in the calendar, please email it to editorofBTC@gmail.com with the subject line "calendar." Priority will be given to Brooklin events. Some editing may occur. "If you stop to think, you'll think to stop, at Harris' " read an ad in the local paper. For kids in town, it didn't take much thinking to stop at the bakery. If the scent of donuts frying or butter tarts cooling didn't draw us in, what did was the opportunity to decorate sugar cookies or roll out leftover pastry. Family-owned businesses were the backbone of Brooklin. At the centre was Harris' Home Bakery. It was a place where local clientele and travelers alike gathered to eat Chelsea buns or foot-long hotdogs. Many were the kids who burned their mouths on the hot jam that oozed from Harris' turnovers. For 18 years, Herm Harris was an apprentice baker at Stovers Bakery on Roebuck Street. When the shop closed, he and his wife Grace moved their family of four daughters to Whitby where Herm contin- ued to learn the trade, first at Platts then later at Burnside. By May 8, 1948, Herm knew more than enough about baking to start his own business, so he and Grace returned to Brooklin and bought the building on Baldwin Street. Over the years, this couple gave back to their community by providing cooked turkeys for church dinners as well as other food for town events. With hard work, determination, and superb products, the bakery grew to become a valued business. Herman (Herm) Arnold Harris (January 16, 1909 - July 10, 1996) and Grace Louise Cubbage Harris (April 10, 1910 - June 15, 2013) will always be remembered by the community they so richly fed. This couple is buried at Groveside. Brooklin Historical Society: The Best Bakery in Brooklin By Jennifer Hudgins