Exhibit
      99.1





**The
                Wilber Corporation Acquires****Provantage
                Funding Corporation**




**FOR
      IMMEDIATE RELEASE**





**DATE:**
            March
                15, 2007**FROM:**
            Douglas
                C. Gulotty, President and CEO**PHONE:**
            607-433-4172





**Oneonta,
        New York, March 15, 2007 [GIW]** - The Wilber Corporation, parent company
        of Wilber National Bank, today announced that it has acquired 100% of the
        capital stock of Provantage Funding Corporation (“Provantage”), a New York State
        licensed mortgage banker headquartered in Saratoga County, New York.
 
 Provantage
        was licensed as a mortgage banker by the New York State Banking Department
        in
        2000. It will continue to maintain its corporate identity as a wholly-owned
        subsidiary of The Wilber Corporation, a larger financial organization with
        substantially greater resources. Under the terms of the purchase agreement,
        Robert A. Hayes will stay on as the President and CEO of Provantage. “I look
        forward to this merger of resources which will positively impact existing
        and
        future customers through improved services and a greater variety of mortgage
        options,” said Mr. Hayes.
 
 Douglas
        C. Gulotty, President and CEO of The Wilber Corporation said, “Provantage offers
        a very diverse line of mortgage products and has the capability to approve
        and
        close loans very quickly. The key to our ongoing success is to retain the
        experienced professionals and systems that have made Provantage so successful,
        and integrate that success into our current branch system.” Mr. Gulotty
        continued, “The Wilber Corporation is extremely pleased not only to broaden the
        service offerings to our current market area of seven counties, but also to
        enter the Capital District in Saratoga County. This is a further extension
        of
        our long-term strategic plan to grow our franchise through new ideas and
        old-fashioned service.”
 
 The
        Wilber Corporation is a single bank holding company headquartered in Oneonta,
        New York, serving the financial needs of Central New York State and the Capital
        District. It is the parent company of Wilber National Bank and Provantage
        Funding Corporation. Wilber National Bank is a national bank chartered in
        1874
        with 21 branch offices located in Otsego, Delaware, Schoharie, Ulster, Chenango,
        and Broome Counties, New York and a loan production office located in Syracuse,
        New York. It offers a full range of loan, deposit, trust, investment and
        insurance products to consumers, businesses and municipalities throughout
        its
        Central New York State market area and a broader statewide region. Provantage
        Funding Corporation is a New York State licensed mortgage bank headquartered
        in
        Clifton Park, New York. It 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, New York. The Wilber Corporation’s common stock trades under
        the symbol “GIW” on the American Stock Exchange.
 
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