[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 117 (Thursday, June 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33373-33374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16171]


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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 13, 1998.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 
104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-2713:
    1. Habersham Bancorp, Cornelia, Georgia; to acquire 27.06 percent 
of the voting shares of Empire Bank Corp., Homerville, Georgia, and 
thereby

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indirectly acquire Empire Banking Co., Homerville, Georgia.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2034:
    1. National City Bancshares, Inc., Evansville, Indiana; to merge 
with Community First Financial, Inc., Maysville, Kentucky, and thereby 
indirectly acquire Community First Bank of Kentucky, Warsaw, Kentucky, 
and Community First Bank, N.A., Maysville, Kentucky.
    2. National City Bancshares, Inc., Evansville, Indiana; to merge 
with Trigg Bancorp, Inc., Cadiz, Kentucky, and thereby indirectly 
acquire Trigg County Farmers Bank, Cadiz, Kentucky.
    3. Independent Southern Bancshares, Inc. ESOT, Brownsville, 
Tennessee, and its subsidiary, Independent Southern Bancshares, Inc., 
Brownsville, Tennessee; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of 
First Western Bank, Cooper City, Florida.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (D. Michael Manies, 
Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 
64198-0001:
    1. Archer, Inc., Central City, Nebraska; to acquire an additional 9 
percent, for a total of 57.20 percent, of the voting shares of Osceola 
Insurance, Inc., Osceola, Nebraska, and thereby indirectly acquire 
First National Bank, Osceola, Nebraska, and Gretna State Bank, Gretna, 
Nebraska.
    2. Gold Banc Corporation, Inc., and Gold Banc Acquisition 
Corporation VII, Inc., both of Leawood, Kansas; to acquire 100 percent 
of the voting shares of First State Bancorp., Inc., Pittsburg, Kansas, 
and thereby indirectly acquire First State Bank & Trust Company, 
Pittsburg, Kansas. In connection with this application Gold Banc 
Acquisition Corporation VII, Inc., Leawood, Kansas, has applied to 
become a bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting 
shares of First State Bancorp., Inc., Pittsburg, Kansas;, and thereby 
indirectly acquire First State Bank & Trust Company, Pittsburg, Kansas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 12, 1998.
Robert dev. Frierson,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 98-16171 Filed 6-17-98; 8:45 am]
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