[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 188 (Monday, September 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50944-50945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25766]


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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

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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 October 24, 1997.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Betsy Buttrill White, Senior 
Vice President) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001:
    1. Warwick Community Bancorp, Inc., Warwick, New York; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Warwick Savings Bank, Warwick, New York.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 
104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-2713:
    1. Trust No. 3 Under Will of Charles Henderson, Troy, Alabama, and 
Henderson Bancshares, Inc., Troy, Alabama; to acquire 100 percent of 
the voting shares of Pea River Capital, Corporation, Elba, Alabama, and 
thereby indirectly acquire Peoples Bank of Coffee County, Elba, 
Alabama.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2034:
    1. Community Bancshares of West Plains, Inc., West Plains, 
Missouri; to become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of 
the voting shares of Community First National Bank of West Plains, West 
Plains, Missouri, a de novo bank.
    D. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Karen L. Grandstrand, Vice 
President) 250 Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-2171:
    1. U.S. Bancorp, Minneapolis, Minnesota; to merge with Zappco, 
Inc., St. Cloud, Minnesota, and thereby indirectly acquire The First 
National Bank of Little Falls, Little Falls, Minnesota; Melrose State 
Bank, Melrose, Minnesota; and Zapp National Bank of St. Cloud, St. 
Cloud, Minnesota.
    In connection with this application, Applicant also has applied to 
acquire Zapp Data, Inc., St. Cloud, Minnesota, and thereby engage in 
providing data processing services, pursuant to Sec.  225.28(b)(14) of 
the Board's Regulation Y.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 24, 
1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-25766 Filed 9-26-97; 8:45 am]
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