Band queens in Saturday's Appreciation Days parade included, left to right, Margaret Miller of Lenox; Peg Martin of South Page; Colleen Larsen of Clearfield; Debbie Taylor of Diagonal; Fay Fell of Mount Ayr (crowned queen of Appreciation Days); Betty Sunderman of Villisca; Linda Brandt of Prescott; Deanna Powers of Grand Valley; and Cathy Hogan of Corning.

Photograph courtesy of Mount Ayr Record-News
Submission by Mike Avitt; Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, May of 2017