60512 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 217 / Monday, November 10, 1997 / Notices

indirectly acquire Citizens State Bank,

Morrison, Oklahoma.

D. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(Genie D. Short, Vice President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-

2272:

1. Clayton Douglas Murr, Junction,

Texas; to acquire additional voting

shares of First State Bank, Junction,

Texas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, November 5, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–29641 Filed 11–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

The companies listed in this notice

have applied to the Board for approval,

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.)

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part

225), and all other applicable statutes

and regulations to become a bank

holding company and/or to acquire the

assets or the ownership of, control of, or

the power to vote shares of a bank or

bank holding company and all of the

banks and nonbanking companies

owned by the bank holding company,

including the companies listed below.

The applications listed below, as well

as other related filings required by the

Board, are available for immediate

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank

indicated. The application also will be

available for inspection at the offices of

the Board of Governors. Interested

persons may express their views in

writing on the standards enumerated in

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the

proposal also involves the acquisition of

a nonbanking company, the review also

includes whether the acquisition of the

nonbanking company complies with the

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act.

Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking

activities will be conducted throughout

the United States.

Unless otherwise noted, comments

regarding each of these applications

must be received at the Reserve Bank

indicated or the offices of the Board of

Governors not later than December 3,

1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

(Richard Walker, Community Affairs

Officer) 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston,

Massachusetts 02106-2204:

1. Narragansett Financial Corp., Fall

River, Massachusetts; to become a bank

holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shates of CitizensUnion Savings Bank, Fall River,

Massachusetts.

2. New England Community Bancorp,

Inc., Windsor, Connecticut; to acquire

100 percent of the voting shares of

Community Savings Bank, Bristol,

Connecticut.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of

Richmond (A. Linwood Gill III,

Assistant Vice President) 701 East Byrd

Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:

1. NationsBank Corporation, and NB

Holdings Corporation, both of Charlotte,

North Carolina; to retain 8.34 percent of

the voting shares of Southern

Bancshares Corporation, St. Louis,

Missouri, and thereby indirectly retain

Southern Commercial Bank, St. Louis,

Missouri. The shares are held in a

fiduciary capacity.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198-0001:

1. AmeriGroup, Inc., Hershey,

Nebraska; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring an additional

70.53 percent, for a total of 80.24

percent, of the voting shares of Hershey

State Bank, Hershey, Nebraska.

In connection with this application,

Applicant also has applied to engage in

the sale of general insurance, pursuant

to § 225.28(b)(11)(iii) of the Board’s

Regulation Y.

D. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(Genie D. Short, Vice President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-

2272:

1. Citizens Bankers, Inc., Baytown,

Texas, and Citizens Bankers of

Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware;

to acquire 67 percent of the voting

shares of First National Bank of Bay

City, Bay City, Texas, a de novo bank.

2. The First National Bank Employee

Stock Ownership Plan, Artesia, New

Mexico; to acquire 26.33 percent of the

voting shares of First Artesia

Bancshares, Inc., Artesia, New Mexico.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, November 4, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–29516 Filed 11–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies;

Correction

This notice corrects a notice (FR Doc.

97-29083) published on page 59707 of

the issue for Tuesday, November 4,

1997.

Under the Federal Reserve Bank of

Chicago heading, the entry for Wintrust

Financial Corporation, Lake Forest,

Illinois, is revised to read as follows:

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Philip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690-1413:

1. Wintrust Financial Corporation,

Lake Forest, Illinois; to acquire 100

percent of the voting shares of Crystal

Lake Bank & Trust Company, National

Association, Crystal Lake, Illinois (in

organization).

Comments on this application must

be received by November 28, 1997.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, November 5, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–29642 Filed 11–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

The companies listed in this notice

have applied to the Board for approval,

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.)

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part

225), and all other applicable statutes

and regulations to become a bank

holding company and/or to acquire the

assets or the ownership of, control of, or

the power to vote shares of a bank or

bank holding company and all of the

banks and nonbanking companies

owned by the bank holding company,

including the companies listed below.

The applications listed below, as well

as other related filings required by the

Board, are available for immediate

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank

indicated. The application also will be

available for inspection at the offices of

the Board of Governors. Interested

persons may express their views in

writing on the standards enumerated in

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the

proposal also involves the acquisition of

a nonbanking company, the review also

includes whether the acquisition of the

nonbanking company complies with the

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act.

Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking

activities will be conducted throughout

the United States.

Unless otherwise noted, comments

regarding each of these applications

must be received at the Reserve Bank

indicated or the offices of the Board of

Governors not later than December 5,

1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Philadelphia (Michael E. Collins, Senior