Exhibit
                99.1The
                Wilber Corporation Announces DividendFOR
                IMMEDIATE RELEASE





DATE:
            January
                25, 2008FROM:
            Douglas
                C. Gulotty, President and CEOPHONE:
            607-433-4172





Oneonta,
      New York, January 25,
      2008 –The Board of Directors of The Wilber Corporation (“Company”), parent Company of
      Wilber
      National Bank (“Bank”) and Provantage Funding Corporation(“Provantage”),declared a quarterly
      dividend of $0.095 per share at its January 25, 2008
      meeting.  The dividend will be paid on February 28, 2008 to
      stockholders of record on February 13, 2008.  This compares to $0.095
      per share for the same period in 2007.


The
      Wilber Corporation is a single bank holding company headquartered in Oneonta,
      New York, serving the financial needs of the communities of central and upstate
      New York.  The Wilber Corporation is the parent of Wilber National
      Bank and Provantage Funding Corporation. The Wilber Corporation’s common stock
      trades under the symbol “GIW” on the American Stock Exchange.


Wilber
      National Bank, chartered in 1874, operates as a traditional commercial bank
      in
      its central New York market with 21 branch offices located in Otsego, Delaware,
      Schoharie, Ulster, Chenango, and Broome Counties and two loan production offices
      located in Syracuse, New York and Clifton Park, New York. The Bank intermediates
      customer deposits and institutional borrowings into loans, short-term liquid
      investments, and investment securities.  The Bank’s lending activities
      include commercial lending, primarily to small and mid-sized businesses;
      mortgage lending for 1-4 family and multi-family properties, including home
      equity loans; mortgage lending for commercial properties; consumer installment
      and automobile lending; and, to a lesser extent, agricultural lending. The
      Bank
      provides personal trust, agency, estate administration, and retirement planning
      services for individuals, as well as custodial and investment management
      services to institutions, through its Trust and Investment
      Division.  It also offers stocks, bonds and, mutual funds through a
      third party broker-dealer firm and a full line of life, health, and property
      and
      casualty insurance products through its insurance agency subsidiary, Mang–Wilber
      LLC.  The Bank currently has 278 full time equivalent
      employees.  Additional information about Wilber National Bank can be
      found at its website:  www.wilberbank.com.


Provantage
      is a licensed New York State mortgage banker headquartered in Clifton Park,
      New
      York.  Provantage offers a large variety of residential mortgage
      products that fit the needs of most consumers. It is also a HUD endorsed lender,
      providing government FHA loans.  Provantage covers the entire Capital
      District with five licensed branch offices located within Saratoga, Schenectady,
      and Albany counties. Additional information about Provantage can be found at
      its
      website:  www.ProvantageFunding.com.









NOTE:  This
      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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