[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 150 (Tuesday, August 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 42130]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20587]


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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 August 25, 1997.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Jeffery Hirsch, Banking 
Supervisor) 1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44101-2566:
    1. Peoples Financial Corp, Inc., Ford City, Pennsylvania; to retain 
a total 17.2 percent of the voting shares of Elderton State Bank, 
Elderton, Pennsylvania.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (D. Michael Manies, 
Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 
64198-0001:
    1. First National of Nebraska, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska, and its 
subsidiary, First National of Colorado, Inc., Fort Collins, Colorado; 
to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Platte Valley National 
Bank, Grand Island, Nebraska, a de novo bank, and First National of 
Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, a de novo bank.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Genie D. Short, Vice President) 
2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. ANB Corporation, Terrell, Texas; to acquire 40.58 percent of the 
voting shares of Lakeside Bancshares, Inc., Rockwall, Texas, and 
thereby indirectly acquire Lakeside National Bank, Rockwall, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, July 31, 1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-20587 Filed 8-4-97; 8:45 am]
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