933 Action on applications

DEPARTMENT OF BANKING

Action on Applications

[29 Pa.B. 3001]

   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 June 1, 1999.

BANKING INSTITUTIONS

Bank Holding Company Acquisitions

Date	Name of Corporation		Location	Action
6-1-99	First Leesport Bancorp, Inc., Leesport,    to acquire 100% of the voting shares    of Merchants of Shenandoah    Ban-Corp, Shenandoah		Leesport	Approved

Conversions

Date	Name of Institutions		Location	Action
6-1-99	Nesquehoning Savings Bank Nesquehoning Carbon County		Nesquehoning	Application Withdrawn
	Application represented conversion from a State-chartered mutual savings bank to State-chartered stock savings bank solely to facilitate the proposed merger with and into First Star Savings Bank, Bethlehem.

Consolidations, Mergers and Absorptions

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
5-26-99	Northwest Savings Bank Warren Warren County		Warren	Approved
	Purchase of assets/assumption of liabilities of three branch offices of Mellon Bank, N.A., Pittsburgh, located at:
	4 Perry Street Union City Erie County		815 Westminster Drive Loyalsock Lycoming County
	Ridge Road & Pennsylvania Ave. Smithfield Huntingdon County
6-1-99	First Star Savings Bank, Bethlehem, and Nesquehoning Savings Bank, Nesquehoning, Surviving Institution--First Star Savings Bank, Bethlehem		Bethlehem	Application Withdrawn

Branch Applications

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
5-20-99	Northwest Savings Bank Warren Warren County		2296 S. Market St. Elizabethtown Lancaster County	Opened
5-20-99	Northwest Savings Bank Warren Warren County		201 W. Main Street New Holland Lancaster County	Opened
5-22-99	Main Street Bank Reading Berks County		124 Main Street Phoenixville Cbester County	Opened
5-24-99	S & T Bank Indiana Indiana County		162 S. Second Ave. Clarion Clarion County	Authorization Surrendered
5-24-99	FirstService Bank Lansdale Montgomery County		200 Radcliff St. Bristol Bucks County	Opened
5-25-99	Fidelity Deposit and Discount Bank Dunmore Lackawanna County		4010 Birney Avenue Moosic Lackawanna County	Opened
5-26-99	Main Street Bank Reading Berks County		1504 S. Fourth Street Allentown Lehigh County	Opened
5-26-99	Main Street Bank Reading Berks County		3321 Willow Lane Macungie Lehigh County	Opened
5-26-99	Union Bank and Trust Company Pottsville Schuylkill County		Redner's Market Gold Star Highway Shenandoah Schuylkill County	Opened
5-27-99	The Drovers & Mechanics Bank York York County		Northeast Quadrant of Pine Rd. &    Route 382 Newberry Township York County	Filed

Branch Relocations

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
5-28-99	Pittburgh Home Savings Bank Pittsburgh Allegheny County	To:	4900 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh Allegheny County	Filed
		From:	4800 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh Allegheny County

Articles of Amendment

Date	Name of Bank		Purpose	Action
5-26-99	Susquehanna Trust Company (In Organization) Lititz Lancaster		To amend and restate the Articles of Incorporation to provide for a change in corporate title to ''Susquehanna Trust & Investment Company;'' and to revise the first board of directors.	Approved and Effective

SAVINGS ASSOCIATIONS

Consolidations, Mergers and Absorptions

Date	Name of Association		Location	Action
5-27-99	Chelten Hills Savings Association,    Abington, and Resolute Savings and    Loan Association, Philadelphia    Surviving Institution--Chelten Hills    Savings Association, Abington		Abington	Filed

Branch Applications

Date	Name of Association	Location	Action
5-26-99	Ambler Savings and Loan Association Ambler Montgomery County		Fort Washington Estates 1264 Fort Washington Ave. Fort Washington Montgomery County	Approved

CREDIT UNIONS

No activity.

DAVID E. ZUERN,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 99-933. Filed for public inspection June 11, 1999, 9:00 a.m.]