Past Recipients of Scholarships


    Each spring since 1954, Guernsey-Muskingum Electric Cooperative, Inc. has sponsored scholarship awards to high school seniors. The Cooperative awards one $800 first-place award, one $500 second-place award, on $300 third-place award, and one $200 fourth-place award, each, in the girls' division and in the boys' division.

    Applicants who are awarded first place at the local level, represent Guernsey-Muskingum at the statewide level. The statewide competition is sponsored by Ohio Rural Electric Cooperatives, Inc. in Columbus, Ohio. Since 1954, the Cooperative has "brought home" seven first-place awards. Winners have been:


1954 Gene Taylor 1975 Jeffrey Ross
1955 Donald Moody 1981 Lisa Kozak
1958 Bryson Carter 1992 Holly Fogle
1974 Richard Colvin


First Place Scholarship Winners




1954 Gene Taylor New Concord High School
1955 Gayla McLees
Donald Moody		 Salt Creek High School
Salt Creek High School
1956 Barbara Frisbee
James Sims		 Cumberland High School
New Concord High School
1957 Carol Welker
William Dubs		 Cumberland High School
Frazeysburg High School
1958 Carol Welker
Bryson Carter		 New Concord High School
Old Washington High School
1959 Joan Parlet
Eldon Gerlach		 New Concord High School
Old Washington High School
1960 Virginia Fouts
Gene Tedrick		 Gnadenhutten Clay High School
Madison High School
1961 Donna Schreiner
James Derry		 Gnadenhutten Clay High School
Adamsville High School
1962 Jean Parlet
William Davis		 Old Washington High School
Gnadenhutten Clay High School
1963 Charlotte McKim
Thomas Hartrum		 Old Washington High School
Cambridge High School
1964 Connie Embree
Steven Hothem		 John Glenn High School
West Lafayette High School
Page up 1965 Linda Sims
Bruce Shaver		 Ridgewood High School
Philo High School
1966 Theresa McMillan
John W. Smith		 Cambridge High School
Newcomerstown High School
1967 Jeaneen Tom
Andrew Rocker		 John Glenn High School
Zane Trace High School
1968 Janet Brockwell
Clement Pyles		 John Glenn High School
Meadowbrook High School
1969 Kathy Kozar
Donald Pletcher		 Meadowbrook High School
Roseville High School
1970 Kay Reifenscheiner
Richard Hall		 Claymont High School
Zane Trace High School
1971 Rebecca Burwell
Robert Atchison		 John Glenn High School
John Glenn High School
1972 Nancy Lahmers
Ray Booth		 Cambridge High School
Madison High School
1973 Sharon McCullough
Robert Deitrick		 Indian Valley South High School
Philo High School
1974 Widney Brown
Richard Colvin		 Zanesville High School
Claymont High School
Page up 1975 Carol Raines
Jeffrey Ross		 Morgan High School
Cambridge High School
1976 Gaye Shipe
Peter Kohl		 Madison High School
Indian Valley South High School
1977 Kathy Slemboski
Daniel Singleton		 Shenandoah High School
Meadowbrook High School
1978 Connie Hannahs
Gregory Antill		 Newcomerstown High School
Tri-Valley High School
1979 Michelle Kastor
Michael Conner		 Claymont High School
Tri-Valley High School
1980 Sue Betts
Jerry Kackley		 John Glenn High School
Meadowbrook High School
1981 Lisa Kozak
Adam Pyles		 Rosecrans High School
Philo High School
1982 Cheryl Hetrick
Raymond Crock		 Tri-Valley High School
Maysville High School
1983 Brigitte Chorey
Philip Wilden		 Meadowbrook High School
Ridgewood High School
1984 Alison Sanders
Brian Brake		 Indian Valley South High School
Philo High School
Page up 1985 Sharon Anchak
Greg Moody		 Meadowbrook High School
John Glenn High School
1986 Beth Savage
Frank Dietz		 John Glenn High School
Philo High School
1987 Kellie Monroe
Christopher Beckley		 John Glenn High School
Newcomerstown High School
1989 Kimbra Smith
James Trout		 Indian Valley High School
Buckeye Trail High School
1990 Amy Allgyer
Larry McQuain		 Buckeye Trail High School
West Muskingum High School
1991 Kareena Grubb
Brian Cooper		 Philo High School
Philo High School
1992 Holly Fogle
Jason Laughman		 Meadowbrook High School
Buckeye Trail High School
1993 Carmella Braniger
Paul McClelland		 Buckeye Trail High School
John Glenn High School
1994 Carrie Russell
Jeremy Klaserner		 Newcomerstown High School
Indian Valley High School
Page up 1995 Jill Harper
Timothy Haney		 Tri-Valley High School
Lakeland High School
1996 Kristy Williamson
Eric Hogue		 Philo High School
Tri-Valley High School
1997 Leslie Deal
Scott Lothes