[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 2, 1997)] [Notices] [Page 15711] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-8330] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies The companies listed in this notice have applied to the Board for approval, pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 225), and all other applicable statutes and regulations to become a bank holding company and/or to acquire the assets or the ownership of, control of, or the power to vote shares of a bank or bank holding company and all of the banks and nonbanking companies owned by the bank holding company, including the companies listed below. The applications listed below, as well as other related filings required by the Board, are 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 on the standards enumerated in the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the proposal also involves the acquisition of a nonbanking company, the review also includes whether the acquisition of the nonbanking company complies with the standards in section 4 of the BHC Act. Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking activities will be conducted throughout the United States. Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of these applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors not later than April 25, 1997. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (Michael E. Collins, Senior Vice President) 100 North 6th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105- 1521: 1. Penns Woods Bancorp, Inc., Williamsport, Pennsylvania; to acquire 6.39 percent of the voting shares of Columbia Financial Corporation, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, and thereby indirectly acquire First Columbia Bank & Trust Company, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. B. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Kenneth R. Binning, Director, Bank Holding Company) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, California 94105-1579: 1. Dartmouth Capital Group, Inc., Huntington Beach, California; Dartmouth Capital Group, L.P., Huntington Beach, California; Commerce Security Bancorp, Inc., Huntington Beach, California, and SDN Bancorp, Inc., Encinitas, California; to acquire and merge with Eldorado Bancorp, Irvine, California, and thereby indirectly acquire Eldorado Bank, Tustin, California. In connection with this application, Applicants also have applied to acquire 11 percent of Eldorado Bancorp. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 27, 1997. Jennifer J. Johnson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 97-8330 Filed 4-1-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-F