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Company, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia, and

thereby indirectly retain Williams

Partners, L.P., Atlanta, Georgia; FNB

Newton Bancshares, Inc., Covington,

Georgia; and First Newton Bank,

Covington, Georgia.

2. The 1997 Williams Family Trust,

Covington, Georgia; to retain voting

shares of Williams Partners L.P.,

Atlanta, Georgia, and FNB Newton

Bancshares, Inc., Covington, Georgia,

and thereby indirectly retain First

Newton Bank, Covington, Georgia.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of

Minneapolis (Karen L. Grandstrand,

Vice President) 250 Marquette Avenue,

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-2171:

1. Jon Allan Saxen, Welcome,

Minnesota; to acquire additional voting

shares of Welcome Bancshares, Inc.,

Welcome, Minnesota, and thereby

indirectly acquire Welcome State Bank,

Welcome, Minnesota.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, October 30, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–29146 Filed 11–3–97; 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 November 28,

1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 104

Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303-2713:

1. Horizon Bank of Florida Employee

Stock Ownership Plan, Pensacola,

Florida; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 29.98 percent of

the voting shares of Horizon Bancshares,

Inc., Pensacola, Florida, and thereby

indirectly acquire Horizon Bank of

Florida, Pensacola, Florida.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Philip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690-1413:

1. Bank of Montreal, Montreal,

Ontario, Canada; Bankmont Financial

Corp., New York, New York; and Harris

Bankcorp, Inc., Chicago, Illinois; to

acquire 100 percent of the voting shares

of Harris Trust Company of Florida,

West Palm Beach, Florida.

2. Wintrust Financial Corporation,

Lake Forest, Illinois; to become a bank

holding company by acquiring 100

percent of the voting shares of Crystal

Lake Bank & Trust Company, National

Association, Crystal Lake, Illinois.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-

2034:

1. Tennessee Central Bancshares, Inc.,

Adamsville, Tennessee; to acquire 9.92

percent of the voting shares of Premier

Bank of Brentwood, a de novo bank,

Brentwood, Tennessee.

D. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198-0001:

1. Commercial Guaranty Bancshares,

Inc., and Commercial Guaranty

Bancshares Acquisition Corp., both of

Overland Park, Kansas; to acquire 100

percent of the voting shares of

Humboldt Bancshares, Inc., Humboldt,

Kansas, and thereby indirectly acquire

Humboldt Bank, Humboldt, Kansas.

In connection with this application,

Commercial Guaranty Bancshares

Acquisition Corporation also has

applied to become a bank holding

company.

2. Republic Bancshares, Inc., Natoma,

Kansas; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 99.6 percent of

the voting shares of United National

Bank of Natoma, Natoma, Kansas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, October 29, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–29083 Filed 11–3–97; 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 November 28,

1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 104

Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303-2713:

1. Williams Partners, L.P., Atlanta,

Georgia; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 79.27 percent of

the voting shares of FNB Newton

Bancshares, Inc., Covington, Georgia,

and thereby indirectly acquire First

Newton Bank, Covington, Georgia.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-

2034:

1. BOR Bancshares, Inc., Rogers,

Arkansas; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 100 percent of