First, second and third runners-up will receive gifts and trophies. Miss Congeniality, to be elected by the queen candidates, will receive an engraved trophy.

As has become traditional, the contestant selling the most tickets will be presented a sterling silver trophy buckle. Ticket sales do not count toward the queenship except that in case of a tie, it would be a deciding factor.

All gifts and trophies have been donated by merchants, businessmen and organizations of Ponca City.

To the queen will go a handsome barrel racing saddle, with a silver engraved plaque and blanket, large trophy, sterling silver queen's buckle and two dozen red roses.

First runner-up will receive $100 cash and a trophy, and a $50 gift certificate will be given to the second runner-up as well as a trophy.

An AM-FM solid state radio, which hangs on the wall, and a trophy are the gifts for the third runner-up.

Entry blanks and rodeo tickets can be picked up at the 101 Ranch Rodeo office located in the Chamber of Commerce, 112 North Third.

Girls must be 16 to 21 years of age and never married. Each is to have a sponsor, such as a roundup club, organization, or business firm. She will be expected to participate in all events during rodeo days in Ponca City.

These begin with a luncheon Thursday noon, when the girls will be guests of the American Business Club at the QuoVadis.

That evening they are to be entertained at the Kentucky Fried Chicken.

Friday, the judging begins. Horsemanship will count for 50 percent, poise and appearance for 25 and personality for 25 percent.

There will be a luncheon given by the queen's local hostesses, members of the Ponca City Business and Professional Women's Club. Mrs. Neita Rogers is the hostess chairman.

Horsemanship will be judged at 4 p.m. in the rodeo arena. The young women will ride Reining Pattern No.1 of the American Quarter Horse Association and perform other pleasure class patterns as called for by the judge.

The public is invited to attend, the judging. Persons who ride, and also those who do not, find it interesting to watch the riders work their horses through the pattern which demands a high degree of skill on the part of both.

The girls usually train their own horses and develop a rapport between them.

Dinner Friday evening will be at the Sirloin Stockade.

A brunch sponsored by the 101 Ranch Rodeo Foundation on Saturday will be followed by personality judging at 9 a.m. in the Oklahoma Natural Gas Company lounge.

At the 12 noon queens luncheon, given by the foundation, poise and appearance will be judged.

Following a brief rest, the queens will ride in an honored position in the 2 p.m. annual parade. They will be seen each evening in the rodeo arena as they participate in the 8 o'clock grand entry.

Saturday, during the rodeo performance, the queen will be crowned.

Queen Contests Demonstrating Horsemanship Before Judge Today

The 11 young queen candidates at the 101 Ranch Rodeo will compete in the horsemanship phase of their contest today.

They will demonstrate their riding ability and the training and control of their horses before Mike Flynn of Tulsa. This event will start at 4 p.m. in the rodeo arena and is open to the public.

Flynn, of Tulsa, is one of the four out of town judges who will determine the winner of the handsome barrel racing saddle that goes with the queen title. Two of the others, Bob Brown and Dino Economos, are also from Tulsa and like Flynn, have judged in previous years.

The fourth member of the panel is Mrs. Frances Ferne Kinkade of Shawnee, state president of the Business and Professional Women's Clubs.

Flynn raises and photographs Quarter Horses. He also writes a column on horses for the Tulsa Tribune and has been published nationally on several occasions.

He is a veteran of 15 years in radio and television and has been on the staff of KOTV in Tulsa since 1969. Mrs. Kinkade, Brown and Economos will have the responsibility of judging personality, poise and appearance.

Mrs. Kinkade is on the city commission of Shawnee, has a long list of civic activities to her credit and has received numerous awards for her outstanding contributions.

In BPW work she has organized and served as president of the Cartwright Hi Noon Club and has been past president of the Tecumseh Club. In 1970 she was state convention chairman and received the First Woman of the Year award from the Hi Noon Club.

Brown, a native of Tulsa, joined the staff of KOTV in 1964 As a newscaster and reporter. After a two-year leave of absence to serve in the United States Army he has held the anchor position of the station's 6 p.m. news.

Some of Brown's in-depth coverage's have been picked up and aired on the CBS network news.

Economos, who holds a degree in journalism from University of Tulsa, has been in news gathering and reporting for KOTV for a number of year's. He is currently serving as assignment editor for the news.

His other interests include photography, free-lance writing, cinematography and his ham radio.

Accompanying the men from Channel 6 KOTV will be Gaylord Herron, photographer with the television station who was named a winner in last year's Life Magazine photographic competition. He will be photographing queen's activities as well as action in the arena.

The Queen's contest is being directed again this year by the Ponca City Business and Professional Women's Club, Mrs. Netta Rogers, chairman.

While here for the 101 Ranch Rodeo the judges will be entertained by Pauline Adams, Harold Younger, Harold Marriott and Jay Miller.

Nowata Beauty Crowned Queen Of 101 Rodeo
Miss Gale Harmon of Nowata, was crowned 1971 queen of the 101 Ranch Rodeo. She is sponsored by the Bartlesville Jaycees. She was runner-up to Miss Rodeo USA in February.

As queen, Miss Harmon was presented a barrel racing saddle with a silver engraved plaque and blanket, a large 1 trophy, sterling silver queen's buckle and two dozen red roses.

The firs runner-up, Miss Dede Elkan, also of Bartlesville and sponsored by the Bartlesville Sooner Saddler, received $100 cash and a trophy.

Miss Renee Harwell of El Reno was second runner - up and was presented a $50 gift certificate. She is sponsored by the S. K. Wayne Hand Tools of El Reno.

Third runner-up was Kay Carlton of the Anadarko 4-H Horse Club and she was given an AM-FM solid state radio and a trophy.

The trophy for Miss Congeniality was presented by the Ponca City Business and  Professional Women's Club, which has been in charge of the queen's contest. Named to this honor by a vote of the other contestants was Miss Flossie Lou Wells of the Edmond Roundup Club.

Ponca City's Nancy Kelly, queen of the Ponca Trail Blazers, won the sterling silver trophy buckle for selling the most tickets.

Eleven girls from over Oklahoma were entered in this year's competition.

They were judged Friday afternoon on horsemanship, and during a busy day Saturday they were judged on personality, appearance and poise.