452 Action on applications

DEPARTMENT OF BANKING

Action on Applications

[28 Pa.B. 1428]

   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 March 10, 1998.

BANKING INSTITUTIONS

Consolidations, Mergers and Absorptions

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
3-4-98	PSB Interim Bank, East Berlin,    and the Peoples State Bank,    East Berlin    Surviving Institution--    PSB Interim Bank, East Berlin,    With a change in corporate title    to The Peoples State Bank		East Berlin	Approved
	The proposed merger will be effected solely to facilitate the acquisition of The Peoples State Bank, East Berlin, by Community Banks, Inc., Millersburg, a bank holding company.

Branch Applications

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
8-97	Peoples Thrift Savings Bank Norristown Montgomery County		Bellevue Hotel 200 S. Broad St. Philadelphia Philadelphia County	Opened
11-12-97	Patriot Bank Pottstown Montgomery County		Redner's Supermarket 703 S. West End Blvd. Quakertown Bucks County	Opened
2-23-98	Summit Bank Bethlehem Northampton County		Genuardi's Supermarket Jeffersonville Shopping County 1930 West Main Street Norristown Montgomery County	Opened
3-5-98	Summit Bank Bethlehem Northampton County		Pathmark Supermarket 2510 Moreland Road Willow Grove Montgomery County	Authorization Surrendered

Branch Relocations

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
3-9-98	Northwest Savings Bank Warren Warren County	To:	4270 East Lake Road Erie Harborcreek Twp. Erie County	Filed
		From:	4452 East Lake Road Erie Harborcreek Twp. Erie County

Branch Discontinuances

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
2-27-98	First Commonwealth Bank Indiana Indiana County		2032 East Pleasant Valley Boulevard Altoona Blair County	Effective

SAVINGS ASSOCIATIONS

No activity.

CREDIT UNIONS

No activity.

RICHARD C. RISHEL,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 98-452. Filed for public inspection March 20, 1998, 9:00 a.m.]