Jackson advocate., 1961-11-25
Lane Bryant...
(Coptip1ad from, paua Opol

1860" announced were:
DR.. Jessie Roger Greaves who
founded, and devoted 40 years
of her life to the Royer-G -Greaves
School for Blind in Paoli, Penn,
the worlds only school for
teaching blind, mentally re-
torded andior handicapped
children to lead a normal life.
She received the 100000 In
dividual Annual Award for her
achievements.
The Citizens Committee of
the North End, Hartford, Conn.,,
an interracial group which has
won a ten year struggle to
overcome the problems of their
fellow-citizens in an over-crowd-
ed, crime ridden section of their
city through a million
dollar center (the George A.
Parker Center) where all
private and public welfare or
ganizations combine forces and
offer recreational, education and
welfare programs. Additionally,
the Committee has built the
first low-rent, 50-unit, housing
development for the "aged" in
the nation. The Committee re-
ceived the 81, 100000 Group An
nual Award for their accom-
plishments. Policewoman Ella
G. Brown, president for the past
ten years of the groups exis-
tence, accepted the Award in
behalf of the Committee.
Winner of $1,000 Internation-
al Volunteer Award for volun-
tary efforts by a citizen of
another country was:
Mr.. James Jacob Machobane,
flown here from Basutoland,
South Africa, with his wife
specially for presentation of the
Award. Mr.. Machobane was
selected for his work to relieve
the number one misery" of
his countrymen = starvation.
With limited resources he has
for the past 13 years conducted
a program of mass education
among his people, to help them
help themselves-through i'm
proved farming techniques and
general basic education. He is
founder and head of The Mac
hobane Agricultural Mass Col
lege and Cooperative Union,
Basutoland.
AS a result of Mr.. Macho-
bane winning the International
Volunteer Award, his work was
brought to the attention of the
Leader Grantee program, the
cultural exchange program of
the United States Department
of State. These travel-for-study
grants are presented to out
standing people or other nations
to "acquaint them with the
American scene" - life in gen.
eral, cur culture, besides the in
vestigation of American
methods of farming, mass pro-
duction, etc. The purpose is
to assist these leaders" in
self-help programs in their own
countries. Mr.. and Mrs. Macho-
bane have been offered a 3O-day
Leader Grant to travel about
the United States and see what
ever they feel will add to their
knowledge to be disseminated
to their people upon return to
Basutoland, South Africa. Mr..
Machobane is the founder of The
Machobane Mass Agricultural
and development Foundation
College which exists solely
to dispel the causes of starva-
tion of his people by improving
their knowledge of farming and
general adult education to build
life anew.
The purpose Of the Interna-
tional Award program is to ex-
press an interest many Ameri-
cans feel in the world at large
and in the welfare of other
people" explained Mr.. Malsin,
president of Lane Bryant, Inc.
1--WE selected Africa this year
because Of its newly emerging
nations and because we wanted
to let the people of that vast
continent know - that an Am
erican company with no COM
mercial interest in their country
-is interested in the African