[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 120 (Monday, June 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 33871]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16389]


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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 July 18, 1997.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Jeffrey Hirsch, Banking 
Supervisor) 1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44101-2566:
    1. Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, Columbus, Ohio; to merge 
with First Michigan Bancorporation, Holland, Michigan, and thereby 
indirectly acquire Superior Financial Corporation, Holland, Michigan; 
FMB-Sault Bank, Saulte Ste. Marie, Michigan; FMB-First Michigan Bank, 
Zeeland, Michigan; FMB-First Michigan Bank, Grand Rapids, Michigan; 
FMB-Lumberman's Bank, Muskegon, Michigan; FMB-Northwestern Bank, Boyne 
City, Michigan; FMB-State Savings Bank, Lowell, Michigan; FMB-
Commercial Bank, Greenville, Michigan; FMB-Security Bank, Manistee, 
Michigan; FMB-Community Bank, Dowagiac, Michigan; FMB-Oceana Bank, 
Hart, Michigan; FMB-Reed City Bank, Reed City, Michigan; FMB-Maynard 
Allen Bank, Portland, Michigan; FMB-Old State Bank, Fremont, Michigan; 
and FMB-Arcadia Bank, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
    In connection with this application, Applicant also has applied to 
acquire FMB-Trust, Holland, Michigan, and thereby engage in permissible 
trust company activities, pursuant to Sec.  225.28(b)(5) of the Board's 
Regulation Y; and acquire FMB-Brokerage Services, Inc., Holland, 
Michigan, and thereby engage in agency transactional services for 
customer investments, pursuant to Sec.  225.28(b)(7) of the Board's 
Regulation Y; and First Michigan Life Insurance Company, Holland, 
Michigan, and thereby engage in permissible insurance agency and 
underwriting activities, pursuant to Sec.  225.28(b)(11) of the Board's 
Regulation Y.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 
104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-2713:
    1. ABC Bancorp, Moultrie, Georgia; to merge with Irwin Bankcorp, 
Inc., Ocilla, Georgia, and thereby indirectly acquire Bank of Ocilla, 
Ocilla, Georgia.
    2. Murfreesboro Bancorp, Inc., Murfreesboro, Tennessee; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Bank of Murfreesboro, Murfreesboro, Tennessee (in organization).
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (D. Michael Manies, 
Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 
64198-0001:
    1. J&L Holdings Limited Partnership, and Plainview Holding Company, 
both of Pilger, Nebraska; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares 
of American National Creighton Company, Creighton, Nebraska.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 18, 1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-16389 Filed 6-20-97; 8:45 am]
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