Looking Back – December 21

C4 Culinary Arts high school student Ashley Ruffin applied icing cement to a gingerbread house "built" by Makale Shoaf, one of 60 Smith Elementary School students who visited McDowell Adult Education Center on a cooperative gingerbread house-building expedition in 2010. From The Republic archives

2010

NTN Driveshaft announced its intention to hire 115 new employees immediately to meet an increase in business.

1995

The Crump Theatre, closed earlier in the year because of boiler problems, was reopened for two showings of “Miracle on 34th Street.”

1970

Postmaster Elmer Tekulve reported more than a half-million pieces of mail were processed at Columbus Post Office on two different days during the peak Christmas mailing period.