Community Publications (Newspaper) - April 2, 1972, Chicago, Illinois Land pilgrimage This is Holy Week in Jerusalem and other parts of the world For Christians and Jews But because Jerusalem played such an important part in Biblical the Holy Week rites there are attracting the most attention The city is crowded with pilgrims from Europe and the Americas Those who made reservations long enough in advance are occupying all available hotel space in the city The others are boarding in homes pensions while nuns and rabbis are sheltered in quarters of their affiliations The Christian observance started Saturday with a pilgrimage atop the Mount of Olives In a resembling a services were held com- Christ's departure from the not to His fateful entry into the Holy City Gnarled olive some centuries oldT abound on the top of the low mountain and part way down its slope Between the base of the mountain and the St Stephen's gate in the walled is the mile wide Valley of Kidron and the Garden of It was on the way from the top of the Mount of Olives to the gate that Christ rode a and palm fronds were spread in his path His journey was commemorated last Sunday by throngs of pilgrims who followed in His most all of whom carrying palms Continuing through the week will be services at all the several shrines built on locations which figured in His last days The most solemn services will take place Friday and Saturday On Friday the pilgrims will climb the square cement steps of the Via over which Christ carried the cross to his pilgrims will be shocked at what they will see as they climb the narrow street Shops line both its with hawkers standing outside urging buyers to enter their while a steady stream of natives move up and down the steps carrying live baskets of fruit and merchandise Continuing their the pilgrims will leave the city through the St Stephen's gate and walk to nearby mound of the scene of the and take part in services in a shrine there Here they will encounter another surprise The shrine was built by Charlemagne's empress after long research as to the exact spot where stood the three Christs and those of two thieves But upon descending the mound they will visit a garden fronting on an opening at the base of the mound They will be told here by representatives of the Anglican church of England that the hollowed out of was the place where Christ was buried and rose after three days Easter Sunday will be a joyous day with the bells of churches and shrines tolling during the and all crowded to the doors Principal point of celebration will be the Shrine of the built over the traditional site of Christ's birth The site is many feet below the floor of the shrine because Jerusalem was levelled many times by conquerors The shrine is controlled by three Christian each of which has a third section of the edifice Uon approaching and leaving the the pilgrims will hear a of loud speakers playing Moslem airs This is because the site is in the Moslem area of the city The Jewish began at sundown Wednesday and will continue for seven or eight days Families gathered to take part in the meal at which the tale of the ancient Hebrew's exodus from Egypt was reread from the pages of the ceremonial the Haggadah All kitchens were cleansed of any trace of yeast or other fermenting and the only baked goods served during Passover is a unleavened bread Jewish pilgrims as well as Christians will visit the Wailing the huge stone squares of which are said to have been part of the wall of Solomon's temple Its base is about three stories below street and along the wall may be seen scores of the Jewish faithful praying or crying for forgiveness of sins The Serving Hum bold t Park Kelvyn Hermosa Park and North Pulaski area VOL NO 23 APRIL 1972 Delivered to your door twice weekly per month Single copy flowers The calender may have called for blossoms but lovers of spring were forced to contend with snow flakes on their way to work Wednesday The which was the second spring snowfall in the city this dumped more than six niches of snow on the city by The inclement weather tually closed down the city and brought traffic to a halt Easter services St Timothy's Lutheran 2101 N will hold festival services Easter Sunday at and 11 A special children's service will be at Emmaus 1515 N holds its Sunday services at 6 and 11 Breakfast is at 7 St Philomena's 1921 N will haye Easter Masses at 10 and First Evangelical Lutheran 3500 W will have a sunrise service at 7 followed by a breakfast at 15 and festival worship service at 10 Easter Sunday Central Assembly of 1665 N will hold Easter services Sunday at 11 Sunday school will be at Bethel Lutheran 1401 N will hold Easter Sunday breakfast from to with services in German at 9 and in English at Medill Ave Lutheran 4917 scheduled Easter Sunday worship services for and am A breakfast will be served at Advent Lutheran 1345 N will hold early at 7 8 Sunday 9 and festival am Easter St Mark's Evangelical Lutheran 1701 Easter Sunday worship will be at and the Bethany Lutheran college choir will hold a concert at p.m Sunday The Zion Evangelical Lutheran 2255 N will celebrate Easter Sunday with a family service at and a worship service at Hauge Evangelical Lutheran 1700 N Central will have an Easter breakfast at 9 and a service at Sunday Easter Sunday masses at Maternity 3647 W North are at and 5 p.m Northwest Missionary Baptist 901 N will celebrate a for with services at p.m April St Stephen's United Church of 1657 N has a 7 sunrise communion service and a communion worship service at Sunday Club meeting The Windjammer chapter of Chicago Avon Bottle club will meet at p.m April at Our Lady of 1655 N Rockwell Refreshments will be served following the meeting All local residents are invited to attend For further information contact Chuck at Sky agents given new sentence date Sentencing of two former Sky real estate agents who pleaded guilty to one count of a indictment for fraud and conspiracy last month has been April 11 Russel and Kalman were scheduled to be last week but Federal district Judge William J who is presiding over the is attending a conference in California Judge Lynch's clerk said the sentence will be handed down April 11 The two pleaded guilty Feb 7 to one count of conspiring to submit false and fraudulent to the Federal Housing Authority in mortgage for the proper According to Assistant U.S Attorney Anton who is handling the state's the two could receive a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a fine The state dropped the other eight counts against the two agents when they pleaded guilty The indictment issued against colo and Goldberg in charged the two purchased the property at 4816 Kinzie from Mrs Mildred James in 1968 for telling her that was the highest amount they could obtain from a potential According to the they then sold the property a few months later for to Mr and Mrs Francis Shippee As owners of the land the pair made which they apparently did not share with their former employer in the Sky the indictment stated To obtain an FHA insured they allegedly supplied the couple with to use as a down payment and prepared a false statement to the FHA saying the money was a gift to Mrs Shippee from her mother The Shippee's were evicted from the building last year for failure to meet their mortgage payments The city demolished the building March after two serious fires had damaged it beyond repair Police continue probe in to loca I store fire Area five conducting an arson investigation into a fife last week at Sabana a grocery store at 3217 Division According to police initial evidence indicates the fire was caused by a thrown through the store's front window shortly after 4 March 25 The store Mr and Mrs Santos told police they heard the crashing of glass and then noticed the fire The couple lives in the rear of the one story building in which the store is located Police are checking information that the Latin a West side street might have been involved in the incident The fire was contained to the front of the damaging only the check-out counter the fire department was called to the Baez extinguished the blaze himself with the store's fire extinguisher Police reportedly found a broken glass bottle and a tightly rolled piece of which had been bound with copper wiring The bottle apparently had contained a fluid to induce burning Baez told police he was front of the store shortly before the incident and ob- served nothing As he was returning to the rear of the Baez said he heard glass shattering When he returned to the the store counter was in flames After extinguishing the he called fire and police officials to secure the building The couple told police they have operated the store for the past three years and had never experienced difficulty with local teen gangs or individuals A century old Mrs Helen Antczak 4244 reviews the cards she received congratulating her on her 100th birthday with her Mrs Mary Gurga Mrs Antczak turned a century old March 22 According to her Mrs Antczak has lived in the area for over 60 having built a home in the 4200 block on Haddon when the was all farm Mrs Gurga said her mother is in and enjoyed celebrating her birthday with her three ten grandchildren and 15 grandchildren Mrs Antczak was born in Poland in 1872 and emigrated to the United States around the turn of the century
