[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 93 (Wednesday, May 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26507-26508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12534]


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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 June 6, 1997.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Philip Jackson, Applications 
Officer) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1413:
    1. Bancorp of New Glarus, Inc., New Glarus, Wisconsin; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
The Bank of New Glarus, New Glarus, Wisconsin.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2034:
    1. National City Bancshares, Inc., Evansville, Indiana; to merge 
with Bridgeport Bancorp, Inc., Bridgeport, Illinois, and thereby 
indirectly acquire First National Bank of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, 
Illinois.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Karen L. Grandstrand, Vice 
President) 250 Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-2171:
    1. Financial Services of St. Croix Falls, St. Croix Falls, 
Wisconsin; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares

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of State Bank of Dennison, Dennison, Minnesota.
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (D. Michael Manies, 
Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 
64198-0001:
    1. PBT Bancshares, Inc., McPherson, Kansas; to acquire 100 percent 
of the voting shares of Yoder Bankshares, Inc., Yoder, Kansas, and 
thereby indirectly acquire Farmers State Bank, Yoder, Kansas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, May 8, 1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-12534 Filed 5-13-97; 8:45 am]
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