[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 138 (Monday, July 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38835-38836]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19293]
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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 14, 1998.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (Michael E. Collins, Senior
Vice President) 100 North 6th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105-
1521:
1. Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc., Lititz, Pennsylvania; to acquire
100 percent of the voting shares of Cardinal Bancorp, Everette,
Pennsylvania, and thereby indirectly acquire First American National
Bank of Pennsylvania, Everette, Pennsylvania.
B. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Karen L. Grandstrand, Vice
President) 90 Hennepin Avenue, P.O. Box 291, Minneapolis, Minnesota
55480-0291:
1. United Financial Corp., Great Falls, Montana; to become a bank
holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of
Choteau County Bancshares, Inc., Fort Benton, Montana, and thereby
indirectly acquire First State Bank of Fort Benton, Fort Benton,
Montana.
In connection with the application, Applicant also has applied to
retain Heritage Bank, FSB, Great Falls, Montana, and thereby engage in
owning, controlling, or operating a savings association, pursuant to
Sec. 225.28(b)(4)(ii) of Regulation Y, and acquire Fort Benton
Insurance Agency, Fort Benton, Montana, through its acquisition of
Choteau County Bancshares, Inc., Fort Benton, Montana, and thereby
engage in general insurance agency activities in a town of less than
5,000, pursuant to Sec. 225.28(b)(11)(iii) of Regulation Y.
C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (D. Michael Manies,
Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri
64198-0001:
1. New Millennium Bankshares, Inc., Topeka, Kansas; to become a
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of
Alliance Bank, Topeka, Kansas (a de novo bank in organization).
D. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, Vice
President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
1. First Baird Bancshares, Inc., Baird, Texas; First Baird
Bancshares of Delaware, Inc., Dover, Delaware; Weatherford Bancshares,
Inc., Baird, Texas; and First Weatherford Bancshares, Inc., Carson
City, Nevada;
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to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Western American
National Bank, Bedford, Texas. Comments regarding this application must
be received not later than July 30, 1998.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, July 15, 1998.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 98-19293 Filed 7-17-98; 8:45 am]
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