[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 126 (Tuesday, July 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35497-35498]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17173]


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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. The application also will 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 25, 1997.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (D. Michael Manies, 
Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 
64198-0001:
    1 Century Acquisition Corporation, Hurst, Texas; to become a bank 
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Century Capital Financial, Inc., Kilgore, Texas, and thereby indirectly 
acquire Century Capital Financial, Inc., Kilgore, Texas, and City 
National Bank, Kilgore, Texas. Comments on this application must be 
received not later than July 21, 1997.
    2 Davis Bancorporation, Inc., Davis, Oklahoma; to acquire 17.04 
percent; First Centralia Bancshares, Inc., Centralia, Kansas, to 
acquire 30.67 percent; Morrill Bancshares, Inc., Sabetha, Kansas, to 
acquire 34.08 percent, and Onaga Bancshares, Inc., Overland Park, 
Kansas, to acquire 17.04 percent, of the voting shares of Century 
Acquisition Corporation, Hurst, Texas, and thereby indirectly acquire 
City National Bank, Kilgore, Texas. Comments on this application must 
be received not later than July 21, 1997.
    3. First National Bank Shares, LTD., Great Bend, Kansas; to acquire 
20 percent of the voting shares of BankWest (a de novo bank), Castle 
Rock, Colorado.
    4. RCB Holding Company, Claremore, Oklahoma; to acquire 100 percent 
of the voting shares of Northeastern Oklahoma Bancshares,Inc., Inola, 
Oklahoma, and thereby indirectly acquire at least 80 percent of the 
voting shares of Bank of Inola, Inola, Oklahoma.
    5. Stockmens Financial Corporation, Rushville, Nebraska; to acquire 
20 percent of the voting shares of BankWest (a de novo bank), Castle 
Rock, Colorado.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Pat Marshall, Manager of 
Analytical Support, Consumer Regulation Group) 101 Market Street, San 
Francisco, California 94105-1579:

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    1. Santa Barbara Bancorp, Santa Barbara, California; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of Citizens State Bank of Santa Paula, 
Santa Paula, California.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 26, 1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-17173 Filed 6-30-97; 8:45 am]
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