1901 Actions on applications

DEPARTMENT OF BANKING

Actions on Applications

[37 Pa.B. 5611]
[Saturday, October 20, 2007]

   The Department of Banking (Department), 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 9, 2002 (P. L. 1572, No. 207), known as the Credit Union Code, has taken the following action on applications received for the week ending October 2, 2007.

BANKING INSTITUTIONS

Holding Company Acquisitions

Date	Name of Corporation		Location	Action
9-27-07	Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc., Lititz, to acquire 100% of the voting shares of Community Banks, Inc., Harrisburg		Lititz	Approved
10-1-07	Harleysville National Corporation, Harleysville, to acquire 100% of East Penn Financial Corporation, Emmaus, and so indirectly acquire East Penn Bank, Emmaus, which will be merged with and into The Harleysville National Bank and Trust Company, Harleysville (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Harleysville National Corporation).		Harleysville	Approved

Mutual Holding Company Reorganization

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
10-1-07	North Penn Bank Scranton Lackawanna County		Scranton	Effective
	North Penn Bank (the Bank) has reorganized from a mutual holding company structure to a stock holding company structure. To effect the reorganization, the Bank created three interim Federal savings banks, which were merged with and into the Bank effective October 1, 2007. The resulting structure is a stock Federal thrift holding company, New North Penn Bancorp, Inc., which owns all of the shares of the Bank.

Consolidations, Mergers and Absorptions

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
9-20-07	Federated Investors Trust Company of PA, Pittsburgh, and Federated Investors Trust Company, Sicklerville, NJ Surviving Institution-- Federated Investors Trust Company of PA, Pittsburgh		Pittsburgh	Filed
	Merger will complete the conversion from a New Jersey State-chartered institution to a Pennsylvania State-chartered trust company.
9-27-07	Elderton State Bank, Elderton, and Elderton Interim Bank, Elderton Surviving Institution-- Elderton State Bank, Elderton		Elderton	Approved
	Merger is in conjunction with the reorganization of Elderton State Bank to create a bank holding company structure. Elderton State Bank will become the wholly-owned subsidiary of Keystrong Financial, Inc., a new holding company in formation.
9-27-07	Susquehanna Bank PA, Lititz, and CommunityBanks, Millersburg Surviving Institution-- Susquehanna Bank PA, Lititz		Lititz	Approved
10-1-07	Susquehanna Bank PA Lititz Lancaster County		Lititz	Approved
	Purchase of assets/assumption of liabilities of four branch offices of Susquehanna Bank DV, Bryn Mawr, located at:
	2228 State Hill Road Wyomissing Berks County		4930 5th Street Highway Temple Berks County
	4915 Perkiomen Avenue Reading Berks County		46 West Main Street Fleetwoood Berks County

Branch Applications

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
9-10-07	Mid Penn Bank Millersburg Dauphin County		2101 Market Street Camp Hill Cumberland County	Opened
10-1-07	First Commonwealth Bank Indiana Indiana County		5853 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh Allegheny County	Approved
10-2-07	Mifflinburg Bank and Trust Company Mifflinburg Union County		214 Vine Street New Berlin Union County	Approved

Branch Consolidations

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
9-27-07	Susquehanna Bank PA Lititz Lancaster County	Into:	4930 5th Street Highway Temple Berks County	Approved
		From:	5318 Allentown Pike Temple Berks County
	(Branch consolidation pending the proposed merger of CommunityBanks, Millersburg, with and into Susquehanna Bank PA, Lititz, and the proposed purchase of assets/assumption of liabilities of the surviving branch from Susquehanna Bank DV, Bryn Mawr)
9-27-07	Susquehanna Bank PA Lititz Lancaster County	Into:	3199 Cape Horn Road Red Lion York County	Approved
		From:	3090 Cape Horn Road Red Lion York County
	(Branch consolidation pending the proposed merger of CommunityBanks, Millersburg, with and into Susquehanna Bank PA, Lititz)
9-27-07	Susquehanna Bank PA Lititz Lancaster County	Into:	1205 Carlisle Road York York County	Approved
		From:	2170 White Street York York County
	(Branch consolidation pending the proposed merger of CommunityBanks, Millersburg, with and into Susquehanna Bank PA, Lititz)
9-27-07	Susquehanna Bank PA Lititz Lancaster County	Into:	200 Willow Valley Lakes Drive Willow Street Lancaster County	Approved
		From:	90 Willow Valley Lakes Drive Willow Street Lancaster County
	(Branch consolidation pending the proposed merger of CommunityBanks, Millersburg, with and into Susquehanna Bank PA, Lititz)
9-27-07	Susquehanna Bank PA Lititz Lancaster County	Into:	1 Market Way East York York County	Approved
		From:	16 North George Street York York County
	(Branch consolidation pending the proposed merger of CommunityBanks, Millersburg, with and into Susquehanna Bank PA, Lititz)
10-2-07	Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Philadelphia County	Into:	338 West DeKalb Pike King of Prussia Montgomery County	Approved
		From:	608 DeKalb Pike King of Prussia Montgomery County
10-2-07	S & T Bank Indiana Indiana County	Into:	3884 Route 30E Latrobe Westmoreland County	Approved
		From:	100 Colony Lane Latrobe Westmoreland County

Branch Discontinuances

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
9-27-07	Susquehanna Bank PA Lititz Lancaster County		2228 State Hill Road Wyomissing Berks County	Approved
	(Branch discontinuance pending the proposed purchase of assets/assumption of liabilities of the branch from Susquehanna Bank DV, Bryn Mawr)
9-27-07	Susquehanna Bank PA Lititz Lancaster County		10 South Main Street Spring Grove York County	Approved
9-27-07	Susquehanna Bank PA Lititz Lancaster County		2894 North Susquehanna Trail Shamokin Dam Snyder County	Approved
9-27-07	Susquehanna Bank PA Lititz Lancaster County		128 Toddy Drive East Earl Lancaster County	Approved
9-27-07	Susquehanna Bank PA Lititz Lancaster County		55 Wetzel Drive Hanover York County	Approved
	(Branch discontinuance pending the proposed merger of CommunityBanks, Millersburg, with and into Susquehanna Bank PA, Lititz)
9-27-07	Susquehanna Bank PA Lititz Lancaster County		1 East Harrisburg Street Dillsburg York County	Approved
	(Branch discontinuance pending the proposed merger of CommunityBanks, Millersburg, with and into Susquehanna Bank PA, Lititz)
10-2-07	S & T Bank Indiana Indiana County		Delmont Wal-Mart 6700 Hollywood Boulevard Delmont Westmoreland County	Approved

Articles of Amendment

Date	Name of Bank		Purpose	Action
10-1-07	North Penn Bank Scranton Lackawanna County		Amendment to Article X of the Articles of Incorporation provides for establishing and maintaining a liquidation account for the benefit of the bank's savings account holders.	Approved and Effective

SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS

No activity.

CREDIT UNIONS

No activity.

   The Department's website at www.banking.state.pa.us includes public notices for more recently filed applications.

STEVEN KAPLAN,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 07-1901. Filed for public inspection October 19, 2007, 9:00 a.m.]