[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 22, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15146-15147]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7012]



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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

PSB Mutual Holding Company, 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 April 14, 1995.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (Michael E. Collins, Senior 
Vice President) 100 North 6th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105:
    1. PSB Mutual Holding Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; to 
become a bank holding company by acquiring 53.5 percent of the voting 
shares of Pennsylvania Savings Bank, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (John J. Wixted, Jr., Vice 
President) 1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44101:
    1. BancFirst Ohio Corp., Zanesville, Ohio; to merge with Bellbrook 
Bancorp, Inc., Bellbrook, Ohio, and thereby indirectly acquire 
Bellbrook Community Bank, Bellbrook, Ohio.
    2. First Financial Bancorp, Hamilton, Ohio; to acquire 100 percent 
of the voting shares of Peoples Bank and Trust Company, Sunman, 
Indiana.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Zane R. Kelley, Vice President) 
104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303:
    1. FirstBancorp, Inc., Marathon, Florida; to acquire 100 percent of 
the voting shares of Gulf Coast National Bank, Naples, Florida, a de 
novo bank.
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (James A. Bluemle, Vice 
President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690:
    1. Sword Limited Partnership 1994, Horicon, Wisconsin; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring an additional 46.80 percent, for a 
total of 51.90 percent of the nonvoting shares, representing more than 
25 percent of the equity, of Sword Financial Corporation, Horicon, 
Wisconsin, and thereby indirectly acquire Horicon State Bank, Horicon, 
Wisconsin.
    E. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Genie D. Short, Vice President) 
2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. Blumberg Family Partnership, L.P. Seguin, Texas; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 16 percent of the voting shares of 
Seguin State Bank & Trust Company, Seguin, Texas. [[Page 15147]] 
    2. Blumberg Bank, L.P. Seguin, Texas; to become a bank holding 
company by acquiring 48 percent of the voting shares of Seguin State 
Bank & Trust Company, Seguin, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 16, 
1995.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 95-7012 Filed 3-21-95; 8:45 am]
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