[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1760-1761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-762]



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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Robert G. Wilmers, et al.; Change in Bank Control Notices; 
Acquisitions of Shares of Banks or Bank Holding Companies

    The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank 
Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and Sec.  225.41 of the Board's 
Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank holding company. 
The factors that are considered in acting on the notices are set forth 
in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).
    The notices are available for immediate inspection at the Federal 
Reserve Bank indicated. Once the notices have been accepted for 

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processing, they 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 indicated for that notice or to the 
offices of the Board of Governors. Comments must be received not later 
than February 6, 1996.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Christopher J. McCurdy, Senior 
Vice President) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045:
    1. Robert G. Wilmers, Buffalo, New York; to acquire an additional 
amount between .5 percent and 14.98 percent, for a total amount between 
10.3 percent and 24.99 percent, of the voting shares of First Empire 
State Corporation, Buffalo, New York, and thereby indirectly acquire 
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, Buffalo, New York, The East 
New York Savings Bank, New York, New York, and M&T Bank, N.A, Oakfield, 
New York.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63166:
    1. Benny D. Fesmire, Jackson, Tennessee, to acquire a total of 
11.72 percent; William E. Wilhite, Jackson, Tennessee, to acquire a 
total of 5.02 percent; Melody H. Haltom, Jackson, Tennessee, to acquire 
a total of 11.72 percent; Mickey Granger, Jackson, Tennessee, to 
acquire a total of 5.02 percent; H. Jack Holmes, Jackson, Tennessee, to 
acquire a total of 11.72 percent; Joe Nip McKnight, Jackson, Tennessee, 
to acquire a total of 5.02 percent, of the voting shares of Friendship 
Bancshares, Inc., Friendship, Tennessee, and thereby indirectly acquire 
Bank of Friendship, Friendship, Tennessee. These individuals are acting 
in concert to acquire 50.22 percent of Friendship Bancshares, Inc.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (John E. Yorke, Senior Vice 
President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64198:
    1. Barnabas D. Horton and Mary Catherine Horton, both of Atwood, 
Kansas; to acquire an additional 16.95 percent, for a total of 41.80 
percent, of the voting shares of Rawlins Bancshares, Inc., Atwood, 
Kansas, and thereby indirectly acquire Farmers Bank and Trust, Atwood, 
Kansas.
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Genie D. Short, Vice President) 
2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. Cruz Garza, George West, Texas; to acquire an additional 5.26 
percent, for a total of 15.63 percent, of the voting shares of 
Charlotte Bancshares, Inc., Charlotte, Texas, and thereby indirectly 
acquire The Country Bank, Charlotte, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, January 16, 
1996.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 96-762 Filed 1-22-96; 8:45 am]
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