[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 191 (Friday, October 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53057-53058]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26377]


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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 October 26, 1998.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 
104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-2713:
    1. Appalachian Bancshares, Inc., Ellijay, Georgia; to acquire 100 
percent of the voting shares of First National Bank of Union City, 
Blairsville, Georgia.

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    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Philip Jackson, Applications 
Officer) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1413:
    1. Central South Bancorporation, Inc., Indianola, Iowa; to become a 
bank holding company by acquiring 100 percent of the voting shares of 
Peoples Savings Bank, Indianola, Iowa.
    2. Great River Banshares Corporation, Burlington, Iowa; to acquire 
12.5 percent of the voting shares of Central South Bancorporation, 
Inc., Indianola, Iowa.
    C. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice 
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2034:
    1. First Bank Corp, Fort Smith, Arkansas; to acquire 100 percent of 
the voting shares of Sebastian Bankshares, Inc., Barling, Arkansas, and 
thereby indirectly acquire River Valley Bank and Trust, Lavaca, 
Arkansas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 28, 
1998.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 98-26377 Filed 10-1-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-F