8 Action on applications

DEPARTMENT OF BANKING

Action on Applications

[27 Pa.B. 21]

   The Department of Banking of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, under the authority contained in the act of November 30, 1965 (P. L. 847, No. 356), known as the Banking Code of 1965; the act of December 14, 1967 (P. L. 746, No. 345), known as the Savings Association Code of 1967; the act of May 15, 1933 (P. L. 565, No. 111), known as the Department of Banking Code; and the act of December 19, 1990 (P. L. 834, No. 198), known as the Credit Union Code, has taken the following action on applications received for the week ending December 24, 1996.

BANKING INSTITUTIONS

Branch Applications

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
12-18-96	West Milton State Bank West Milton Union County		1025 N. Main St. Watsontown Delaware Township Northumberland County	Opened
12-18-96	First Capitol Bank York York County		2170 White Street York West Manchester Twp. York County	Approved
12-18-96	Northern Central Bank Williamsport Lycoming County		10 Reitz Boulevard Lewisburg Union County	Approved
12-19-96	First Republic Bank Philadelphia Philadelphia County		1408 Old York Road Abington Montgomery County	Filed
12-19-96	First Republic Bank Philadelphia Philadelphia County		Germantown Pike and    Swede Road East Norriton Twp. Montgomery County	Filed
12-19-96	Penn Security Bank and    Trust Company Scranton Lackawanna County		Northeast Corner of    PA Route 447 and    US Business Route 209 East Stroudsburg Monroe County	Approved
12-20-96	Beneficial Mutual    Savings Bank Philadelphia Philadelphia County		Clemens Food Market Ridge and Butler Pikes Conshohocken Montgomery County	Filed
12-20-96	Beneficial Mutual    Savings Bank Philadelphia Philadelphia County		Clemens Food Market Route 413 and    Doublewoods Road Langhorne Bucks County	Filed
12-23-96	Founders' Bank Bryn Mawr Montgomery County		300 W. State Street Media Delaware County	Approved

Branch Consolidations

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
12-17-96	S & T Bank Indiana Indiana County	At:	14 West Long Ave. Dubois Clearfield County	Approved
		Into:	35 West Scribner Ave. Dubois Clearfield County

Section 112 Applications

Date	Name of Individual			Action
12-17-96	Howard E. Groff to acquire up to 15% of    the common stock of Sterling Financial    Corporation, Lancaster			Approved

SAVINGS ASSOCIATIONS

   No activity.

CREDIT UNIONS

   No activity.

RICHARD C. RISHEL,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 97-8. Filed for public inspection January 3, 1997, 9:00 a.m.]