[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 12, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-649]


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[Federal Register: January 12, 1994]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

 

Bren-Mar Properties, Inc., et al.; Formations of; Acquisitions 
by; and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

    The companies listed in this notice have applied for the Board's 
approval under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 
1842) and Sec.  225.14 of the Board's Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.14) to 
become a bank holding company or to acquire a bank or bank holding 
company. The factors that are considered in acting on the applications 
are set forth in section 3(c) of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)).
    Each application is available for immediate inspection at the 
Federal Reserve Bank indicated. Once the application has been accepted 
for processing, it will also be available for inspection at the offices 
of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views 
in writing to the Reserve Bank or to the offices of the Board of 
Governors. Any comment on an application that requests a hearing must 
include a statement of why a written presentation would not suffice in 
lieu of a hearing, identifying specifically any questions of fact that 
are in dispute and summarizing the evidence that would be presented at 
a hearing.
    Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these 
applications must be received not later than February 4, 1994.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166:
    1. Bren-Mar Properties, Inc., Columbia, Missouri; to acquire Jack's 
Fork Bancorporation, Inc., Columbia, Missouri, and thereby indirectly 
acquire Texas County Bank, Houston, Missouri; Bank of Mountain View, 
Mountain View, Missouri; and Summersville State Bank, Summersville, 
Missouri; and to acquire First Missouri Bancorporation, Inc., Columbia, 
Missouri, and thereby indirectly acquire First National Bank and Trust 
Company, Columbia, Missouri; and First Heritage National Bank, Davis, 
Oklahoma.
    2. Community First Financial Group, Inc., English, Indiana; to 
acquire at least 30.95 percent of the voting shares of Peoples Trust 
Bank Company, Corydon, Indiana, a de novo bank.
    3. First United Bancshares, Inc., El Dorado, Arkansas; to merge 
with InvestArk Bankshares, Inc., Stuttgart, Arkansas, and thereby 
indirectly acquire The Bank of North Arkansas, Melbourne, Arkansas, and 
First Stuttgart Bank & Trust Company, Stuttgart, Arkansas.
    4. Murphy-Wall Bancorp, Pinckneyville, Illinois; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Murphy-Wall State Bank and Trust Company, Pinckneyville, Illinois.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (James M. Lyon, Vice 
President) 250 Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480:
    1. Aumanchester, Inc., Rochester, Minnesota; to acquire 100 percent 
of the voting shares of Security State Bank of Hammond, Hammond, 
Minnesota. In connection with this application, Rochester Bank and 
Trust Company, Rochester, Minnesota; has applied to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Security State Bank of Hammond, Hammond, Minnesota, which will be 
merged into Rochester Bank and Trust Company.
    2. Brill Bancshares, Inc., Owen, Wisconsin; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 89.9 percent of the voting shares of Brill 
State Bank, Brill, Wisconsin.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Genie D. Short, Vice President) 
2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. Limestone Bancshares, Inc., Mexia, Texas; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of First 
National Bank of Mexia, Mexia, Texas.
    2. Western Commerce Bancshares of Carlsbad, Inc., Carlsbad, New 
Mexico; to merge with Western Bancshares of Clovis, Inc., Carlsbad, New 
Mexico, and thereby indirectly acquire Western Bank of Clovis, Clovis, 
New Mexico.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, January 6, 
1994.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 94-649 Filed 1-11-94; 8:45 am]
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