1128 Action on applications

DEPARTMENT OF BANKING

Action on Applications

[29 Pa.B. 3741]

   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 July 6, 1999.

BANKING INSTITUTIONS

New Charter Applications

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
7-1-99	Hometowne Heritage Bank Lancaster Lancaster County		1837 William Penn Way Lancaster Lancaster County (Temporary Location)	Commenced Operations

Consolidations, Mergers and Absorptions

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
6-28-99	Northwest Savings Bank Warren Warren County		Warren	Effective
	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
6-28-99	Harris Savings Bank Harrisburg Dauphin County		Harrisburg	Effective
	Purchase of assets/assumption of liabilities of one branch office of Commonwealth Bank, Norristown, located at:
	2203 West Cumberland Street Lebanon Lebanon County
7-1-99	Main Street Bank, Reading,    Pennsylvania, and Main Street,    Bank of New Jersey, Lambertville,    New Jersey    Surviving Institution--    Main Street Bank, Reading,    Pennsylvania		Reading, PA	Filed
7-6-99	Orrstown Bank Orrstown Franklin County		Orrstown	Filed
	Purchase of assets/assumption of liabilities of one branch office of Sovereign Bank, F.S.B., Wyomissing, located at:
	1730 Lincoln Way East Chambersburg Franklin County

Branch Applications

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
6-24-99	Northwest Savings Bank Warren Warren County		922 Columbia Avenue Lancaster Lancaster County	Opened
6-24-99	Northwest Savings Bank Warren Warren County		1195 Manheim Pike Lancaster Lancaster County	Opened
6-26-99	Main Street Bank Reading Berks County		1430 Jacobsburg Road Wind Gap Northampton County	Opened
6-30-99	Northwest Savings Bank Warren Warren County		200 South Center Street Grove City Mercer County	Filed
7-1-99	Woodlands Bank Williamsport Lycoming County		213 West Fourth Street Williamsport Lycoming County	Filed
7-1-99	Somerset Trust Company Somerset Somerset County		234 Main Street Meyersdale Somerset County	Opened
7-6-99	Summit Bank Bethlehem Northampton County		1430 Walnut Street Philadelphia Philadelphia County	Approved
7-6-99	Merchants Bank of    Pennsylvania Shenandoah Schuylkill County		810 McNair Street Hazleton Luzerne County	Approved

Branch Relocations

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
7-6-99	Summit Bank Bethlehem Northampton County	To:	12 Chestnut Road Paoli Chester County	Approved
		From:	1756 E. Lancaster Ave. Paoli Chester County
7-6-99	Pittsburgh Home Savings    Bank Pittsburgh Allegheny County	To:	4900 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh Allegheny County	Approved
		From:	4800 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh Allegheny County

Branch Discontinuances

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
6-29-99	Patriot Bank Pottstown Montgomery County		1620 Pond Road Allentown Lehigh County	Filed

Articles of Amendment

Date	Name of Bank	Location		Action
6-30-99	Allegiance Bank of    North America (In Organization) Bala Cynwyd Montgomery County	To provide for the amendment and restatement of the Articles of Incorporation in their entirety.		Approved and Effective
7-2-99	BankPhiladelphia, A    Savings Bank Norristown Montgomery County	To provide for the amendment of Article I of the Articles of Incorporation to provide for a change in corporate title to ''vBank, A Savings Bank.''		Approved and Effective

SAVINGS ASSOCIATIONS

No activity.

CREDIT UNIONS

Conversions

Date	Name of Credit Union		Location	Action
6-30-99	Atlantic Employees Federal    Credit Union Newtown Square Delaware County		Newtown Square	Filed
	To:
	Atlantic Credit Union Newtown Square Delaware County
	Application represents conversion from a Federally-chartered credit union to a State-chartered credit union.

DAVID E. ZUERN,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 99-1128. Filed for public inspection July 16, 1999, 9:00 a.m.]