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| **The                Wilber Corporation Announces** |
| **Fourth                Quarter 2006 Earnings**     |

**FOR      IMMEDIATE RELEASE**

| **DATE:** | February                2, 2007 |
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| **FROM:** | Douglas                C. Gulotty, President and CEO |
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| **PHONE:** | 607-433-4172 |
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**Oneonta,      New York, February 2, 2007**

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*NOTE:      This press release may contain certain statements which are historical facts      or      which concern the Company’s future operations or economic performance and which      are to be considered forward-looking statements. Any such forward-looking      statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private      Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company cautions that all      forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties, and that actual      results may differ from those indicated in the forward-looking statements as      a      result of various factors, such as changing economic and competitive conditions      and other risk and uncertainties. In addition, any statements in this release      regarding historical stock price performance are not indicative of or guarantees      of future price performance.*

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| **THE                WILBER CORPORATION**                                      |     |                                                                                 |        |                                       |     |    |        |   |    |
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| **CONSOLIDATED                FINANCIAL INFORMATION**                          |     |                                                                                 |        |                                       |     |    |        |   |    |
| *($                In thousands, except per share amounts)*                    |     |                                                                                 |        |                                       |     |    |        |   |    |
| *Unaudited*                                                                    |     | *As                of and for the three*                                             |        | *As                of and for the twelve*  |     |
|                                                                           |     | *months                ended December 31,*                                           |        | *months                ended December 31,* |     |
| **Condensed                Income Statement**                                  | **2006** |                                                                                 | **2005**(3) |                                       | **2006** |    | **2005**(3) |   |
| Net                interest income                                             |     | $                                                                                    | 6,230       |                                       | $        | 6,273   |        | $      | 24,981  |   | $ | 25,380 |   |
| Provision                for loan losses                                       |     |                                                                                 | 300         |                                       |     | 800     |        |   | 1,560   |   |   | 1,580 |   |
|  Net                interest income after provision for loan losses       |     |                                                                                 | 5,930       |                                       |     | 5,473   |        |   | 23,421  |   |   | 23,800 |   |
| Noninterest                income                                              |     |                                                                                 | 1,593       |                                       |     | 1,288   |        |   | 5,969   |   |   | 5,625 |   |
| Noninterest                expense                                             |     |                                                                                 | 4,618       |                                       |     | 4,663   |        |   | 20,032  |   |   | 18,966 |   |
|  Income                before taxes                                       |     |                                                                                 | 2,905       |                                       |     | 2,098   |        |   | 9,358   |   |   | 10,459 |   |
| Income                taxes                                                    |     |                                                                                 | 704         |                                       |     | 505     |        |   | 2,206   |   |   | 2,715 |   |
|  Net                income                                                |     | $                                                                                    | 2,201       |                                       | $        | 1,593   |        | $      | 7,152   |   | $ | 7,744 |   |
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| **Share              and Per Share Data**                                      |     |                                                                                 |        |
| Average                common shares outstanding (in thousands)                |     |                                                                                 | 10,569      |                                       |     | 11,159  |        |   | 10,813  |   |   | 11,170 |   |
| Period-end                common shares outstanding (in thousands)             |     |                                                                                 | 10,569      |                                       |     | 11,146  |        |   | 10,569  |   |   | 11,146 |   |
|                                                                           |     |                                                                                 |        |                                       |     |    |        |   |    |   |   |   |   |
| Net                income per share                                            |     | $                                                                                    | 0.21        |                                       | $        | 0.14    |        | $      | 0.66    |   | $ | 0.69 |   |
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| Cash                dividends declared                                         |     | $                                                                                    | 0.095       |                                       | $        | 0.095   |        | $      | 0.38    |   | $ | 0.38 |   |
|                                                                           |     |                                                                                 |        |                                       |     |    |        |   |    |   |   |   |   |
| Book                value per common share                                     |     | $                                                                                    | 5.99        |                                       | $        | 6.08    |        | $      | 5.99    |   | $ | 6.08 |   |
|                                                                           |     |                                                                                 |        |                                       |     |    |        |   |    |   |   |   |   |
| **Period-end              Balances**                                           |     |                                              |        |
| Total                Assets                                                    |     | $                                                                                    | 761,981     |                                       | $        | 752,728 |        | $      | 761,981 |   | $ | 752,728 |   |
| Earning                Assets                                                  |     |                                                                                 | 709,811     |                                       |     | 706,096 |        |   | 709,811 |   |   | 706,096 |   |
| Loans,                gross                                                    |     |                                                                                 | 405,832     |                                       |     | 403,665 |        |   | 405,832 |   |   | 403,665 |   |
| Allowance                for loan losses                                       |     |                                                                                 | 6,680       |                                       |     | 6,640   |        |   | 6,680   |   |   | 6,640 |   |
| Deposits                                                                       |     |                                                                                 | 629,044     |                                       |     | 604,958 |        |   | 629,044 |   |   | 604,958 |   |
| Shareholders’                equity                                      |     |                                                                                 | 63,332      |                                       |     | 67,717  |        |   | 63,332  |   |   | 67,717 |   |
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| **Average              Balances**                                              |     |                                    |        |
| Total                Assets                                                    |     | $                                                                                    | 764,211     |                                       | $        | 751,365 |        | $      | 751,995 |   | $ | 755,665 |   |
| Earning                Assets                                                  |     |                                                                                 | 722,588     |                                       |     | 708,821 |        |   | 710,345 |   |   | 713,697 |   |
| Loans,                gross                                                    |     |                                                                                 | 401,883     |                                       |     | 399,402 |        |   | 402,200 |   |   | 398,616 |   |
| Allowance                for loan losses                                       |     |                                                                                 | 6,526       |                                       |     | 6,375   |        |   | 6,358   |   |   | 6,376 |   |
| Deposits                                                                       |     |                                                                                 | 630,536     |                                       |     | 597,005 |        |   | 616,320 |   |   | 598,504 |   |
| Shareholders’                equity                                      |     |                                                                                 | 62,749      |                                       |     | 67,448  |        |   | 63,849  |   |   | 67,950 |   |
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| **Key                Ratios**                                             |     |                |        |
| Earnings:                                                                      |     |                                                                                 |        |                                       |     |    |        |   |    |   |   |   |   |
|  Return                on average assets                                  |     |                                                                                 | 1.14        | %                                          |     | 0.84    | %           |   | 0.95    | % |   | 1.02 | % |
|  Return                on average equity                                  |     |                                                                                 | 13.92       | %                                          |     | 9.37    | %           |   | 11.20   | % |   | 11.40 | % |
|  Net                interest margin (tax-equivalent)                      |     |                                                                                 | 3.74        | %                                          |     | 3.78    | %           |   | 3.81    | % |   | 3.82 | % |
|  Efficiency                ratio (1)                                      |     |                                                                                 | 55.52       | %                                          |     | 57.42   | %           |   | 61.14   | % |   | 57.67 | % |
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| **Asset                Quality**                                          |     |                                                                                 |        |
| Net                loan charge-offs to average loans, annualized               |     |                                                                                 | 0.14        | %                                          |     | 0.75    | %           |   | 0.38    | % |   | 0.30 | % |
| Allowance                for loan losses to period-end loans                   |     |                                                                                 | 1.65        | %                                          |     | 1.64    | %           |   | 1.65    | % |   | 1.64 | % |
| Allowance                for loan losses to non-performing loans (2)           |     |                                                                                 | 264         | %                                          |     | 164     | %           |   | 264     | % |   | 164 | % |
| Non-performing                loans to period-end loans                        |     |                                                                                 | 0.62        | %                                          |     | 1.00    | %           |   | 0.62    | % |   | 1.00 | % |
| Non-performing                assets to period-end loans and other real estate |     |                                                                                 | 0.65        | %                                          |     | 1.01    | %           |   | 0.65    | % |   | 1.01 | % |
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| **Common                Stock Data**                                                    |   |     |                             |
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| Company’s                common stock ($0.01 par value per share) trades on            |   | **2006** |                             | **High                Trade** |   | **High                  Trade** |   | **Dividend** |   |
| the                American Stock Exchange (Amex®)                under the symbol GIW. |   |     | 4th                Quarter       |   | $ | 10.25 |   | $ | 9.51 |   | $ | 0.095 |   |
|                                                                                              |   |     | 3rd                Quarter  |   | $ | 10.50 |   | $ | 9.85 |   | $ | 0.095 |   |
|                                                                                         |   |     | 2nd                Quarter  |   | $ | 11.35 |   | $ | 10.20 |   | $ | 0.095 |   |
|                                                                                              |   |     | 1st                Quarter  |   | $ | 10.85 |   | $ | 9.90 |   | $ | 0.095 |   |
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|                                                                                         |   |     | **2006**                         |   |  **High                Trade**  |   |  **High                Trade**  |   |  **Dividend**  |   |
|                                                                                         |   |     | 4th                Quarter  |   | $ | 12.00 |   | $ | 10.84 |   | $ | 0.095 |   |
|                                                                                         |   |     | 3rd                Quarter  |   | $ | 12.27 |   | $ | 11.80 |   | $ | 0.095 |   |
|                                                                                         |   |     | 2nd                Quarter  |   | $ | 12.45 |   | $ | 12.00 |   | $ | 0.095 |   |
|                                                                                         |   |     | 1st                Quarter  |   | $ | 12.90 |   | $ | 11.94 |   | $ | 0.095 |   |

| *(1)* | *Calculated                by dividing total noninterest expense less amortization of intangibles                and                other real estate expense by tax-equivalent net interest income plus                noninterest income other than securities gains and                losses.* |
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| *(2)* | *Non-performing                loans include nonaccrual loans, troubled debt restructured loans                and                accruing loans 90 days or more                delinquent.* |
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| *(3)* | *Certain                figures have been reclassified to conform with current period                presentation.* |
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