2185 Action on applications

DEPARTMENT OF BANKING

Action on Applications

[31 Pa.B. 6702]

   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 November 27, 2001.

BANKING INSTITUTIONS

New Charter Applications

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
11-21-01	Counsel Trust Company York York County		York	Filed
	Correspondent:
	Laura H. Williams, Esq. McNees, Wallace & Nurick, LLC 100 Pine Street Harrisburg, PA 17101

Consolidations, Mergers and Absorptions

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
11-19-01	Northwest Savings Bank Warren Warren County		Warren	Effective
	Purchase of assets/assumption of liabilities of one branch of Reliance Savings Bank, Altoona, located at:
	873 Lovell Avenue Ebensburg Cambria County
11-26-01	Earthstar Bank Southampton Bucks County		Southampton	Approved
	Purchase of assets/assumption of liabilities of Cornerstone Savings Association, Glenside
	Branch Acquired:
	4800 Richmond Street Philadelphia Philadelphia County
	Note:  The main office of Cornerstone Savings Association located at 219 South Easton Road will be discontinued upon the effective date of the transaction.

Branch Applications

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
11-15-01	Peoples Home Savings Bank Beaver Falls Beaver County		101 Golfview Drive Centre Township Beaver County	Opened
11-19-01	AmeriServ Financial Bank Johnstown Cambria County		5 Gateway Center Pittsburgh Allegheny County	Opened
11-19-01	Fulton Bank Lancaster Lancaster County		The Shoppes at    Jenner's Village Old Baltimore Pike    and Route 796 Jennersville Penn Township Chester County	Filed
11-20-01	Northwest Savings Bank Warren Warren County		950 E. Main Street Bradford McKean County	Approved
11-20-01	Jersey Shore State Bank Jersey Shore Lycoming County		1665 N. Atherton Plc. State College Patton Township Centre County	Approved
11-20-01	Reliance Savings Bank Altoona Blair County		904 Blair Street Hollidaysburg Blair County	Approved
11-26-01	The Bryn Mawr Trust Company Bryn Mawr Montgomery County		Rosemont    Presbyterian Village 404 Cheswick Place Rosemont Radnor Township Delaware County (Limited Service Facility)	Approved

Branch Discontinuances

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
11-3-01	Commonwealth Bank Norristown Montgomery County		350 W. Main Street Birdsboro Berks County	Effective
11-21-01	Wilmington Trust of    Pennsylvania Villanova Delaware County		402 Lancaster Ave. Haverford Montgomery County	Filed
11-26-01	First Commonwealth Bank Indiana Indiana County		100 Plaza South New Castle Lawrence County	Approved

SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS

No activity.

CREDIT UNIONS

No activity.

JAMES B. KAUFFMAN, Jr.,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 01-2185. Filed for public inspection December 7, 2001, 9:00 a.m.]