1910 Action on applications

DEPARTMENT OF BANKING

Action on Applications

[36 Pa.B. 6001]
[Saturday, September 30, 2006]

   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 September 19, 2006.

BANKING INSTITUTIONS

Interim Charter Applications

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
9-18-06	Unity Bank of Pennsylvania Forks Township Northampton County		Forks Township	Effective
	Interim bank is being chartered solely to facilitate the ability of Unity Bank, Clinton, NJ, a New Jersey-chartered bank, to establish a branch office in Pennsylvania. The Interim will be immediately merged with and into Unity Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Unity Bancorp, Inc., Clinton, NJ.

Holding Company Acquisition

Date	Name of Corporation		Location	Action
9-1-06	Juniata Valley Financial Corporation, Mifflintown, to acquire up to 39.2% of the outstanding common stock of The First National Bank of Liverpool, Liverpool, under the provisions of section 112 of the Banking Code of 1965		Mifflintown	Effective
9-18-06	Unity Bancorp, Inc., Clinton, New Jersey, to acquire 100% of Unity Bank Pennsylvania, Forks Township, PA, which will be merged with and into Unity Bank, Clinton, NJ, the wholly owned subsidiary of Unity Bancorp, Inc.		Clinton, NJ	Effective

Consolidations, Mergers and Absorptions

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
9-12-06	CommunityBanks, Millersburg, and Sentry Trust Company, Chambersburg Surviving Institution-- CommunityBanks, Millersburg		Millersburg	Approved and Effective 9-15-06
	Branch Acquired by means of Merger:
	785 Fifth Avenue Chambersburg Franklin County

Branch Applications

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
9-12-06	Keystone Nazareth Bank & Trust Company Bethlehem Northampton County		Giant Food Store 1241 Blakeslee Boulevard Lehighton Carbon County	Filed
9-12-06	Integrity Bank Camp Hill Cumberland County		301 Colonial Road Harrisburg Lower Paxton Township Dauphin County	Opened
9-14-06	Abington Savings Bank Jenkintown Montgomery County		Lansdale Pavillion 407 South Broad Street Lansdale Montgomery County	Approved
9-14-06	Bank of Hanover and Trust Company Hanover York County		1120 Fairfield Road Gettysburg Adams County	Approved
9-14-06	Lafayette Ambassador Bank Easton Northampton County		North Third Street Coopersburg Lehigh County	Approved
9-18-06	Prudential Savings Bank Philadelphia Philadelphia County		23 North 3rd Street Philadelphia Philadelphia County	Filed

Branch Discontinuances

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
9-13-06	Minersville Safe Deposit Bank & Trust Company Minersville Schuylkill County		Discontinuance of Three Branch Offices Located at:	Approved
			Fourth and Sunbury Streets Minersville Schuylkill County
			100 West Main Street Girardville Schuylkill County
			339 Main Street Lavelle Schuylkill County
9-14-06	Omega Bank State College Centre County		1100 Spring Garden Drive Middletown Dauphin County	Filed
9-14-06	Omega Bank State College Centre County		51 South Street Steelton Dauphin County	Filed
9-14-06	Omega Bank State College Centre County		1110 East Simpson Street Mechanicsburg Cumberland County	Filed

Articles of Amendment

Date	Name of Bank		Purpose	Action
9-14-06	Sentry Trust Company Chambersburg Franklin County		Amendment to Article Third of the Articles of Incorporation in its entirety to read as follows: ''The purpose for which the institution is incorporated is to convert to a bank and trust company and immediately thereafter merge with and into CommunityBanks, a bank and trust company organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.''	Approved and Effective

SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS

No activity.

CREDIT UNIONS

Charter Conversions

Date	Name of Credit Union		Location	Action
9-6-06	Lehigh Valley Educators Credit Union Allentown Lehigh County		Allentown	Withdrawn
	Notice represented a request for conversion from an occupational-based credit union to a community-based charter to serve ''all people who live, work, worship, attend school in, and businesses and other legal entities in Lehigh and Northampton County, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.''
9-18-06	American Pride Credit Union Altoona Blair County		Altoona	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.

Consolidations, Mergers and Absorptions

Date	Name of Credit Union		Location	Action
9-13-06	Freedom Credit Union, Philadelphia, and SE Family Federal Credit Union, Philadelphia Surviving Institution-- Freedom Credit Union, Philadelphia		Philadelphia	Approved
9-14-06	Butler Armco Employees Credit Union, Butler, and Butler County Postal Employees Federal Credit Union, Butler Surviving Institution-- Butler Armco Employees Credit Union, Butler		Butler	Filed

Articles of Amendment

Date	Name of Credit Union		Purpose	Action
9-18-06	American Pride Credit Union Altoona Blair County		Amendment to Article XIII of the Articles of Incorporation provides for a change in the field of membership of said credit union to read as follows: ''The field of membership of this credit union will include persons who live, work, worship, attend school, perform voluntary service, or participate in associations, and businesses and other legal entities, including wholly-owned subsidiaries of businesses, located in Blair County Pennsylvania or Bedford County Pennsylvania; Members of their immediate families.''	Effective

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

VICTORIA A. REIDER,   
Acting Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 06-1910. Filed for public inspection September 29, 2006, 9:00 a.m.]