604 Action on applications

DEPARTMENT OF BANKING

Action on Applications

[36 Pa.B. 1755]

   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 April 4, 2006.

BANKING INSTITUTIONS

Holding Company Acquisitions

Date	Name of Corporation		Location	Action
3-28-06	S & T Bancorp, Inc., Indiana, to acquire up to 24.99% of the shares of common stock of Allegheny Valley Bancorp, Inc., Pittsburgh, under section 112 of the Pennsylvania Banking Code of 1965		Indiana	Filed

Conversions

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
4-3-06	The First National Bank in Fleetwood Fleetwood Berks County       To: Fleetwood Bank Fleetwood Berks County		Main and Franklin Streets Fleetwood Berks County	Effective
	Represents conversion from a Nationally-chartered bank to a State-chartered member bank. Bank is wholly-owned by Fleetwood Bank Corporation, Fleetwood, an existing bank holding company.
	Branches Acquired by Means of Conversion:
	917 Park Road Blandon Berks County		2493 Bernville Road Reading Berks County
	Main Street and Kemp Road Kutztown Berks County		4445 Kutztown Road Temple Berks County
	East State Avenue and 3 South Main Street Lyon Station Berks County		33 South 4th Street Hamburg Berks County (Loan Production Office)
	525 Penn Avenue Reading Berks County

Branch Applications

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
3-9-06	NOVA Savings Bank Philadelphia Philadelphia County		448 West Baltimore Pike Media Delaware County	Opened
3-27-06	CommunityBanks Millersburg Dauphin County		201 West Chocolate Avenue Hershey Derry Township Dauphin County	Opened
3-29-06	NOVA Savings Bank Philadelphia Philadelphia County		33 Lincoln Highway Malvern Chester County	Authorization Surrendered
3-30-06	East Penn Bank Emmaus Lehigh County		3985 MacArthur Road Whitehall Township Lehigh County	Approved
3-30-06	First Commonwealth Bank Indiana Indiana County		198 Park Manor Drive Pittsburgh Allegheny County	Approved
3-30-06	First Commonwealth Bank Indiana Indiana County		301 Mt. Lebanon Boulevard Pittsburgh Allegheny County	Approved
3-30-06	Republic First Bank Philadelphia Philadelphia County		7300 Frankford Avenue Philadelphia Philadelphia County	Approved
3-30-06	Earthstar Bank Southampton Bucks County		8910 Frankford Avenue Philadelphia Philadelphia County	Approved
3-31-06	Northwest Savings Bank Warren Warren County		950 South Pine Island Road Suite 180 Plantation Broward County, FL	Filed
3-31-06	Northwest Savings Bank Warren Warren County		8221 Peters Road Plantation Broward County, FL (Drive-Up Facility)	Filed

Branch Relocations

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
3-30-06	Atlantic Central Bankers Bank Camp Hill Cumberland County	To:	Gateway One Newark Essex County, NJ	Approved
		From:	400A Commerce Boulevard Carlstadt Bergen County, NJ
3-30-06	Mid Penn Bank Millersburg Dauphin County	To:	4642 SR 209 Elizabethville Dauphin County	Approved
		From:	2 East Main Street and 11-13 East Main Street    (Drive-Up) Elizabethville Dauphin County
3-30-06	Fulton Bank Lancaster Lancaster County	To:	South Market Street and Cumberland Parkway Upper Allen Township Cumberland County	Filed
		From:	360 Cumberland Parkway Upper Allen Township Cumberland County

Branch Discontinuances

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
3-31-06	Leesport Bank Wyomissing Berks County		100 West Main Street Lansdale Montgomery County	Effective

SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS

Voluntary Dissolution

Date	Name of Association		Action
3-31-06	Society Hill Savings and Loan Association Philadelphia Philadelphia County		Articles of Dissolution filed with Department of State. Corporate existence terminated.

CREDIT UNIONS

Conversions to Community Charters

Date	Name of Credit Union		Location	Action
3-27-06	White Rose Credit Union York York County		York	**
	**Application became effective by Operation of Law under section 501(g) of the Credit Union Code.
	Represents conversion from an occupational-based credit union to a community-based charter; the conversion will be completed by filing Articles of Amendment with the Department of State at a later date. The Articles will provide for a change in the field of membership to include ''all people who live, work, worship, attend school in, and businesses and other legal entities in York and Adams County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.''
4-3-06	Diamond Credit Union Pottstown Montgomery County		Pottstown	Effective
	Represents conversion from an occupational-based credit union to a community-based charter; the conversion will be completed by filing Articles of Amendment with the Department of State (see the following Articles of Amendment).

Consolidations, Mergers, and Absorptions

Date	Name of Credit Union		Location	Action
4-3-06	Incol Credit Union, Old Forge, and Wilkes-Barre Newspapers Federal Credit Union, Kingston Surviving Institutions-- Incol Credit Union, Old Forge		Old Forge	Filed

Articles of Amendment

Date	Name of Credit Union		Purpose	Action
4-3-06	Diamond Credit Union Pottstown Montgomery County		Amendment to Article IV, Section 7 of the Articles of Conversion provides for a change in the field of membership of the credit union to include, ''Peoples who live, work, worship, regularly conduct business, or attend school in Berks County, Collegeville Borough, Douglass Township, East Coventry Township, East Greenville Borough, East Nantmeal Township, East Vincent Township, Green Lane Borough, Limerick Township, Lower Frederick Township, Lower Pottsgrove Township, Marlborough Township, New Hanover Township, North Coventry Township, Pennsburg Borough, Perkiomen Township, Pottstown Borough, Red Hill Borough, Royersford Borough, Schwenksville Borough, Skippack Township, South Coventry Township, Spring City Borough, Trappe Borough, Upper Frederick Township, Upper Hanover Township, Upper Pottsgrove Township, Upper Providence Township, Warwick Township, West Pottsgrove Township, and Vincent Township, Pennsylvania; Members of record of Diamond Credit Union as of the date of approval to convert to community charter; and Spouses of persons who died while within the field of membership of this credit union; employees of Diamond Credit Union; volunteers, members of their immediate families or households and organizations of such persons.''	Effective

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

A. WILLIAM SCHENCK, III,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 06-604. Filed for public inspection April 14, 2006, 9:00 a.m.]