[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 175 (Wednesday, September 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 47669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23864]



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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. The notices also will 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 September 24, 1997.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2034:
    1. James Homer Shields, III, London, England; to acquire an 
additional 2.84 percent, for a total of 11.49 percent, of the voting 
shares of Sebastian Bankshares, Inc., Barling, Arkansas, and thereby 
indirectly acquire River Valley Bank and Trust, Lavaca, Arkansas.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Genie D. Short, Vice President) 
2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. Judy Noe Myers, Dallas, Texas; to retain a total of 14.82 
percent of the voting shares of Rusk County Bancshares, Inc., 
Henderson, Texas, and thereby indirectly retain Peoples State Bank, 
Henderson, Texas.
    2. Carmen P. Smith Family Limited Partnership; Carmen P. Smith; and 
Peggie J. Woodruff, as General Partners, all of Wichita Falls, Texas; 
to acquire 14.61 percent of the voting shares of AmeriBancShares, Inc., 
Wichita Falls, Texas, and AmeriBancShares of Delaware, Inc., 
Wilmington, Delaware, and thereby indirectly acquire American National 
Bank, Wichita Falls, Texas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 4, 
1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-23864 Filed 9-9-97; 8:45 am]
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