62612 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 226 / Monday, November 24, 1997 / Notices

Hapag-Lloyd Tours GmbH and HapagLloyd Cruiseship Management GmbH,

Ballindamm 25, D–20095 Hamburg,

Germany

Vessel: c. Columbus

Holland America Line-Westours Inc. (d/

b/a Holland America Line) and

Holland America Line N.V., 300

Elliott Avenue, Seattle, Washington

98119

Vessel: Rotterdam

Ivaran Agencies, Inc. and Ivarans Rederi

ASA, Newport Financial Center, 111

Pavonia Avenue, Jersey City, N.J.

07310–1755

Vessel: Americana

New SeaEscape Cruises, Inc., Cruise

Charter Ltd. and Maritime

Management Ltd., 140 South Federal

Highway, Dania, Florida 33004

Vessel: Island Holiday

Norwegian Cruise Line Limited, 7665

Corporate Center Drive, Miami,

Florida 33126

Vessels: Norwegian Majesty and

Norwegian Sea

Princess Cruises, Inc., Princess Cruises

Liberia, Inc. and The Peninsular and

Oriental Steam Navigation Company,

10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite

1800, Los Angeles, California 90067

Vessel: Sea Princess

Riverbarge Excursion Lines, Inc., 201

Opelousas Avenue, New Orleans,

Louisiana 70114

Vessel: River Explorer

Dated: November 18, 1997.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–30758 Filed 11–21–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6730–01–M

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Change in Bank Control Notices;

Acquisitions of Shares of Banks or

Bank Holding Companies

The notificants listed below have

applied under the Change in Bank

Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and §

225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12

CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank

holding company. The factors that are

considered in acting on the notices are

set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12

U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).

The notices are available for

immediate inspection at the Federal

Reserve Bank indicated. The notices

also will be available for inspection at

the offices of the Board of Governors.

Interested persons may express their

views in writing to the Reserve Bank

indicated for that notice or to the offices

of the Board of Governors. Comments

must be received not later than

December 9, 1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of New

York (Betsy Buttrill White, Senior Vice

President) 33 Liberty Street, New York,

New York 10045-0001:

1. David D. Dallas, Liberty Corner,

New Jersey, and Robert J. Van

Volkenburgh, Jr., Somerville, New

Jersey; to acquire voting shares of Unity

Bancorp Inc., Clinton, New Jersey, and

thereby indirectly acquire First

Community Bank, Clinton, New Jersey.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Philip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690-1413:

1. Norman Lane Nelson, Dunlap,

Illinois, and Louise Kay Kanive,

Washington, Illinois; to acquire voting

shares of First Lacon Corp., Lacon,

Illinois, and thereby indirectly acquire

First National Bank of Lacon, Lacon,

Illinois.

2. John Ryburn Stipe, Forrest City,

Arkansas; to acquire additional voting

shares of Forrest City Financial

Corporation, Forrest City, Arkansas, and

thereby indirectly acquire Forrest City

Bank, N.A., Forrest City, Arkansas.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(Genie D. Short, Vice President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-

2272:

1. Michael Stevens Helfer,

Washington, D.C.; to acquire voting

shares of First Community Bancshares,

Inc., Houston, Texas, and thereby

indirectly acquire FCBI Delaware,

Wilmington, Delaware; Fort Hood

National Bank, Fort Hood, Texas; First

National Bank, Killeen, Texas. Texas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, November 19, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–30836 Filed 11–21–97; 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 19,

1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

(Richard Walker, Community Affairs

Officer) 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston,

Massachusetts 02106-2204:

1. Brookline Bancorp, M.H.C., and

Brookline Bancorp, Inc., both of

Brookline, Massachusetts; to become

bank holding companies by acquiring

100 percent of the voting shares of

Brookline Savings Bank, Brookline,

Massachusetts.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-

2034:

1. Mercantile Bancorporation Inc., St.

Louis, Missouri; to merge with Horizon

Bancorp, Inc., Arkadelphia, Arkansas,

and thereby indirectly acquire Horizon

Bank, Malvern, Arkansas.

In connection with this application,

Applicant also has applied to acquire

Horizon Financial Services, Inc.,

Arkadelphia, Arkansas, and thereby

indirectly engage in full service

securities brokerage activities, pursuant

to § 225.28(b)(7)(i) of the Board’s

Regulation Y.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198-0001:

2. J.R. Montgomery Bancorporation,

Lawton, Oklahoma; to acquire an

additional 6.6 percent, for a total of

37.33 percent, of the voting shares of

Fort Sill National Bank, Fort Sill,

Oklahoma.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, November 19, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–30835 Filed 11–21–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F