1798 Action on applications

DEPARTMENT OF BANKING

Action on Applications

[29 Pa.B. 5524]

   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 October 12, 1999.

BANKING INSTITUTIONS

Holding Company Acquisitions

Date	Name of Corporation		Location	Action
10-8-99	NBT Bancorp, Inc., Norwich, New York, to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of Lake Ariel Bancorp, Inc., Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania, and thereby acquire LA Bank, National Association, Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania		Norwich, New York	Filed

New Charter Applications

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
10-1-99	Northeast Pennsylvania Trust    Company Hazleton Luzerne County		2 East Broad St. Hazleton Luzerne County	Commenced Operations

Consolidations, Mergers and Absorptions

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
9-24-99	United Bank of Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia County		Philadelphia	Effective
	Purchase of assets/assumption of liabilities of four branch offices of First Union National Bank, Charlotte, North Carolina, located at:
	1620 Wadsworth Avenue Philadelphia Philadelphia County		3945-49 Chestnut Street Philadelphia Philadelphia County
	2836 West Girard Avenue Philadelphia Philadelphia County		1501 North Broad Street Philadelphia Philadelphia County
10-5-99	First Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, and Pennsylvania Savings Bank, Philadelphia Surviving Institution--First Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, with a change in corporate title to ''First Penn Bank''		Philadelphia	Approved Effective 10-12-99
	Branches Acquired By Merger:
	1424 Walnut Street Philadelphia Philadelphia County (Former Main Office of First Bank of Philadelphia)

Branch Applications

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
10-4-99	Lebanon Valley Farmers Bank Lebanon Lebanon County		115 West Main Street Campbelltown S. Londonderry Twp. Lebanon County	Opened
10-7-99	The Peoples Bank of Oxford Oxford Chester County		Jenners Pond Retirement Community Allison Building 2000 Greenbriar Lane Penn Township Chester County	Approved
10-7-99	Summit Bank Bethlehem Northampton County		Genuardi's Family Market 73 Old Dublin Pike Doylestown Bucks County	Approved
10-7-99	Summit Bank Bethlehem Northampton County		Genuardi's Family Market 2395 York Road Jamison Bucks County	Approved
10-7-99	The Madison Bank Blue Bell Montgomery County		Pennsylvania Business Campus 100 Gibraltar Road Horsham Montgomery County	Filed
10-8-99	Premier Bank Doylestown Bucks County		General Hancock Shopping Center Horsham and Upper State Roads Montgomeryville Montgomery County	Approved
10-8-99	Main Street Bank Reading Berks County		15 Maplewood Drive Amity Township Berks County	Approved
10-8-99	Main Street Bank Reading Berks County		100 Progress Drive Doylestown Township Bucks County	Approved
10-8-99	Northwest Savings Bank Warren Warren County		800 State Street Erie Erie County	Approved

Branch Relocations

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
10-5-99	Laurel Bank Johnstown Cambria County	To:	Route 88 & Route 188 Rices Landing Jefferson Township Greene County	Approved
		From:	36 Greene Street Jefferson Greene County
10-12-99	Harris Savings Bank Harrisburg Dauphin County	To:	1100 Cocoa Avenue Hershey Derry Township Dauphin County	Filed
		From:	114 West Chocolate Ave. Hershey Derry Township Dauphin County

Articles of Amendment

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
10-8-99	FirstService Bank Lansdale Montgomery County		To provide for the acquisition of full fiduciary powers.	Approved and Effective

SAVINGS ASSOCIATIONS

Branch Relocations

Date	Name of Association		Location	Action
10-8-99	East Stroudsburg Savings Association Stroudsburg Monroe County	To:	601 Route 940 Mount Pocono Monroe County	Filed
		From:	29 Mount Pocono Blvd. Mount Pocono Monroe County

Voluntary Liquidations

Date	Name of Association		Action
10-6-99	Building Association of Landenburg, PA Landenburg Chester County		Articles of Dissolution filed with the Department of State. Corporate existence terminated.

CREDIT UNIONS

No activity.

DAVID E. ZUERN,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 99-1798. Filed for public inspection October 22, 1999, 9:00 a.m.]