[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 91 (Monday, May 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 25952]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12276]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


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 
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 May 23, 1997.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Jeffrey Hirsch, Banking 
Supervisor) 1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44101-2566:
    1. Elmo Greer, East Bernstadt, Kentucky; to retain 14.10 percent of 
the voting shares of Cumberland Valley Financial Company, London, 
Kentucky, and thereby indirectly retain Cumberland Valley National Bank 
and Trust Company, London, Kentucky.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 
104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-2713:
    1. Ronald J. Lashute, Opelousas, Louisiana; to acquire an 
additional 13.33 percent, for a total of 13.69 percent, of the voting 
shares of American Bancorp, Inc., Opelousas, Louisiana, and thereby 
indirectly acquire American Bank & Trust Company, Opelousas, Louisiana.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2034:
    1. William Howerton Young, Fredonia, Kentucky; to acquire an 
additional 5.4 percent, for a total of 20.4 percent, of the voting 
shares of Fredonia Valley Bancorp, Inc., Fredonia, Kentucky, and 
thereby indirectly acquire Fredonia Valley Bank, Fredonia, Kentucky.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, May 5, 1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-12276 Filed 5-9-97; 8:45 am]
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