2522 Action on applications

DEPARTMENT OF BANKING

Action on Applications

[36 Pa.B. 7881]
[Saturday, December 23, 2006]

   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 December 12, 2006.

BANKING INSTITUTIONS

Conversions

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
12-12-06	Community Bank, National    Association Carmichaels Green County       To: Community Bank Carmichaels Green County		Carmichaels	Approved
	Represents conversion from a National banking association to a State-chartered commercial bank.

Consolidations, Mergers and Absorptions

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
12-9-06	Fulton Bank Lancaster Lancaster County		Lancaster	Effective
	Purchase of essentially all of the assets and assumption of essentially all of the liabilities of Premier Bank, Doylestown, Bucks County, PA. Both institutions are wholly owned subsidiaries of Fulton Financial Corporation, Lancaster, PA. As of the effective date of the transaction, all the branch offices of Premier Bank became branches of Fulton Bank, including the former main office of Premier Bank.
12-11-06	CommunityBanks, Millersburg, and East Prospect State Bank, East Prospect Surviving institution-- CommunityBanks, Millersburg		Millersburg	Filed
11-30-06	Northwest Savings Bank Warren Warren County		1055 Union Road West Seneca Buffalo Erie County, NY	Opened
11-30-06	Bank of Hanover and    Trust Company Hanover York County		1120 Fairfield Road Gettysburg Adams County	Opened
12-4-06	Wayne Bank Honesdale Wayne County		Fourtain Springs East II Route 611 Tannersville Pocono Township Monroe County	Opened
12-4-06	Graystone Bank Lancaster Lancaster County		Chateau Place, Lot 1 Linglestown Road Harrisburg Dauphin County	Opened
12-5-06	PeoplesBank, a Codorus Valley    Company York York County		Shrewsburg Lutheran Retirement    Village 800 Bollinger Drive Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Township York County (Limited Service Facility)	Opened
12-7-06	CommunityBanks Millersburg Dauphin County		700 Norland Avenue Chambersburg Franklin County	Filed
12-8-06	CommunityBanks Millersburg Dauphin County		2100 Utz Terrace Hanover West Manheim Township York County (Limited Service Facility)	Filed
12-12-06	First Commonwealth Bank Indiana Indiana County		5167 William Flynn Highway Gibsonia Allegheny County	Approved
12-12-06	Prudential Savings Bank Philadelphia Philadelphia County		23 North 3rd Street Philadelphia Philadelphia County	Approved
12-12-06	Harleysville Savings Bank Harleysville Montgomery County		Arbour Square 695 Main Street Harleysville Montgomery County (Limited Service Facility)	Approved

Branch Relocations

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
12-12-06	Atlantic Central Bankers Bank Camp Hill Cumberland County	To:	550 Broad Street Newark Essex County, NJ	Approved
		From:	One Gateway Center Newark Essex County, NJ

SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS

Conversions

Date	Name of Association		Location	Action
12-8-06	ESSA Bank & Trust Stroudsburg Monroe County		Stroudsburg	Filed
	Represents conversion from a mutual savings association to a stock savings association and concurrent formation of a holding company, ESSA Bancorp, Inc. that will own 100% of the common stock of the association.

CREDIT UNIONS

Branch Relocations

Date	Name of Credit Union		Location	Action
12-12-06	White Rose Credit Union York York County	To:	1 Dairyland Square Red Lion York Township York County	Approved
		From:	200 East High Street Red Lion York Township York County

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

VICTORIA A. REIDER,   
Acting Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 06-2522. Filed for public inspection December 22, 2006, 9:00 a.m.]