The Princeton Optimist Club selects individuals each year to serve as Grand Marshals of the annual Black Patch Festival. Those chosen have proved to be an active part of this community for years and have received little recognition for their efforts.
This year under the recommendation of Optimist Club President Shirley Gray the Club made the decision to look inside the club to recognize 3 members of the club who together have served the club and community for over 120 years. The Grand Marshals will be leading the Black Patch Parade scheduled for Friday September 5th at 5:00 pm through downtown Princeton.
Today we will introduce Grand Marshal Zeak Jamison. Jamison shared some of his childhood and one little known fact about himself.
click to download audioHe said he acquired the nickname of Zeak when he was around 5 years old and really doesn’t know where the name came from. He added if anyone calls out Thomas to him he probably would not turn around but if you say Zeak, he will answer you. He shared about how he met his wife.
click to download audioJamison is honored to be named a Grand Marshall but really was not happy about it at first.
click to download audioHe told about how he first became aware of the Optimist Club.
click to download audioJamison added his favorite part of being in the Optimist Club.
click to download audioWe will be sharing more about Grand Marshall Thomas Zeak Jamison next week in an upcoming story leading up to the Black Patch Parade.
