Howe Joins OVBC Board

Press Release:

Press Release
News Article March 2005

GALLIPOLIS, Ohio, March 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harold A. Howe has been elected to the Ohio Valley Banc Corp. (NASDAQ:OVBC) Board of Directors.

Howe joined the Ohio Valley Banc Corp. family in 1998 with the company's purchase of Jackson Savings Bank of Jackson, Ohio. He is now the president of Ohio Valley Financial Services, a life insurance agency subsidiary of OVBC. In addition, he serves on the Ohio Valley Bank Board of Directors.

Howe will be finishing the unexpired term of Jim Dailey on the Board. Dailey retired from the Corp. Board in January 2005, but is still Chairman of the Board of Ohio Valley Bank, the largest subsidiary of Ohio Valley Banc Corp.

A native of Jackson, Howe is a graduate of Jackson High School, Urbana University, and Xavier University Graduate School. He is President of the Jackson Community Improvement Corporation, Director of the Jackson YMCA, and serves on the Jackson Metropolitan Housing Board. He is also a member of Rotary (past president), Jaycees, Elks, and Moose. He and wife, Kay, reside in Jackson.

Ohio Valley Banc Corp. stock is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol OVBC. The company owns three subsidiaries: Ohio Valley Bank, with 16 offices throughout Ohio and West Virginia; Loan Central, with five offices in Ohio; and Ohio Valley Financial Services, a life insurance agency based in Jackson, Ohio.

This press release is provided in good-faith by Chiltern Magazine Services Ltd ("CMS") as a service to users of www.telecomsinfo.com. Whilst all care is taken in sourcing and preparing material includede here, any error or incorrect content cannot form the basis for any legal action against the site-owner. Users are advised to check the accuracy of any statements before relying upon them. Likewise, any forward-looking statements made by the author of the press release should be treated as such.

CMS, P&A House, Alma Road, Chesham, Bucks. HP5 3HB, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1494 771734
Fax: +44 (0)1494 778994
e-mail: Editor, CMS Businessinfo

For more information about us, visit CMS Businessinfo.