Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 108 / Friday, June 5, 1998 / Notices 30759

of the Board of Governors. Comments

must be received not later than June 19,

1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Philip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690-1413:

1. PSB Corporation ESOP with 401K

provisions, Wellsburg, Iowa; to acquire

additional voting shares of PSB

Corporation, Wellsburg, Iowa, and

thereby indirectly acquire First State

Bank, Sumner, Iowa, and Peoples

Savings Bank, Wellsburg, Iowa.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 1, 1998.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–14910 Filed 6–4–98; 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 June 29, 1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 104

Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303-2713:

1. Albert J. Ortte Family Limited

Partnership, Metairie, Louisiana; to

become a bank holding company by

acquiring 24.47 percent of the voting

shares of Metairie Bank and Trust

Company, Metairie, Louisiana.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-

2034:

1. Midwest Bancshares, Inc. &

Affiliates Employee Stock Ownership

Plan, Poplar Bluff, Missouri; to acquire

an additional 7.4 percent, for total of 44

percent, of the voting shares of Midwest

Bancorporation, Inc., Poplar Bluff,

Missouri, and thereby indirectly acquire

First Midwest Bank of Dexter, Dexter,

Missouri; First Midwest Bank of

Piedmont, Piedmont, Missouri, and

Carter County State Bank, Van Buren,

Missouri.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198-0001:

1. Gold Banc Corporation, Inc.,

Leawood, Kansas, and Gold Banc

Acquisition Corporation II, Inc.; to

acquire 100 percent of the voting shares

of Tri-County Bancshares, Inc., Linn,

Kansas, and thereby indirectly acquire

Tri-County National Bank, Washington,

Kansas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 1, 1998.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–14909 Filed 6–4–98; 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 July 2, 1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Richmond (A. Linwood Gill III,

Assistant Vice President) 701 East Byrd

Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:

1. Anchor Financial Corporation,

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; to merge

with M&M Financial Corporation,

Marion, South Carolina, and thereby

indirectly acquire First National South

Marion, South Carolina.

2. Anchor Financial Corporation,

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, to merge

with ComSouth Bankshares, Inc.,

Columbia, South Carolina, and thereby

indirectly acquire Bank of Charleston,

National Association, Charleston, South

Carolina, and Bank of Columbia, N.A.,

Columbia, South Carolina.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Philip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690-1413:

1. LeMars Acquisition Corp., LeMars,

Iowa; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring more than 80

percent of the voting shares of LeMars

Bank & Trust Company, LeMars, Iowa.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-

2034:

1. Peoples Service Company, Nixa,

Missouri; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring more than 80

percent of the voting shares of Peoples

Banking Company, Springfield,

Missouri, and thereby indirectly acquire

Peoples Bank of the Ozarks, Nixa,

Missouri; Citizens Bank of the Ozarks,

Camdenton, Missouri; and Peoples Bank

of Fordland, Fordland, Missouri.

D. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198-0001:

1. Apex Mortgage Company, Edmond,

Oklahoma; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 100 percent of

the voting shares of Edmond Bank &

Trust, Edmond, Oklahoma.