29756 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 12, 1996 / Notices

1. Edward F. Butler, New Orleans,

Louisiana, Houston Fast Foods, Inc.,

Metairie, Louisiana, Isabella L.

Delahoussaye, Crowley, Louisiana,

Henry A. Smith, Jr., Norco, Louisiana,

Magnolia Holdings, Inc., River Ridge,

Louisiana, Valliere J. Dauterive, Meraux,

Louisiana, Raymond G. Willhoft, Sr.,

Chalmette, Louisiana, and Sidney D.

Torres, III, St. Bernard, Louisiana; to

retain a total of 16.3 percent of the

voting shares of St. James

Bancorporation, Lutcher, Louisiana, and

thereby indirectly retain St. James Bank

& Trust Company, Lutcher, Louisiana.

2. Claude Williams, Jr., Athens,

Georgia; to retain a total of 10.92 percent

of the voting shares of Georgia National

Bancorp, Inc., Athens, Georgia, and

thereby indirectly retain The Georgia

National Bank, Athens, Georgia.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 6, 1996.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 96–14847 Filed 6–11–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

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. Once the application has

been accepted for processing, it will also

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,

including whether the acquisition of the

nonbanking company can ‘‘reasonably

be expected to produce benefits to the

public, such as greater convenience,

increased competition, or gains in

efficiency, that outweigh possible

adverse effects, such as undue

concentration of resources, decreased or

unfair competition, conflicts of

interests, or unsound banking practices’’

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Any request for a

hearing must be accompanied by a

statement of the reasons a written

presentation would not suffice in lieu of

a hearing, identifying specifically any

questions of fact that are in dispute,

summarizing the evidence that would

be presented at a hearing, and indicating

how the party commenting would be

aggrieved by approval of the proposal.

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 8, 1996.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(James A. Bluemle, Vice President) 230

South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois

60690:

1. Hills Bancorporation, Hills, Iowa;

to acquire 100 percent of the voting

shares of Hills Bank Kalona, Kalona,

Iowa, a de novo bank.

2. Landmark Financial Group, Inc.,

Belvidere, Illinois; to acquire 100

percent of the voting shares of Alpine

Bancorporation, Inc., Rockford, Illinois,

and thereby indirectly acquire Alpine

Bank Illinois, Rockford, Illinois.

3. North Shore Community Bancorp,

Inc., Wilmette, Illinois (which will be

renamed Wintrust Financial

Corporation); to acquire 100 percent of

the voting shares of Lake Forest

Bancorp, Inc., Lake Forest, Illinois,

Hinsdale Bancorp, Inc., Hinsdale,

Illinois, and Libertyville Bancorp, Inc.,

Libertyville, Illinois, and thereby

indirectly acquire Lake Forest Bank &

Trust Company, Lake Forest, Illinois,

Hinsdale Bank & Trust Company,

Hinsdale, Illinois, and Libertyville Bank

& Trust Company, Libertyville, Illinois.

In connection with this application,

Applicant also has applied to acquire

Crabtree Capital Corporation,

Schaumburg, Illinois, and thereby

engage through its wholly-owned

subsidiary, First Premium Services, Inc.,

Deerfield, Illinois, in making and

servicing loans for the financing of

commercial insurance premiums,

pursuant to § 225.25(b)(1) of the Board’s

Regulation Y.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (John E. Yorke, Senior Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198:

1. First Fidelity Bancorp, Inc.,

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; to acquire

100 percent of the voting shares of

Comban Shares, Inc., Oklahoma City,

Oklahoma, and thereby indirectly

acquire Community Bank & Trust

Company, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of San

Francisco (Kenneth R. Binning,

Director, Bank Holding Company) 101

Market Street, San Francisco, California

94105:

1. CU Bancorp, Encino, California; to

merge with Home Interstate Bancorp,

Signal Hill, California, and thereby

indirectly acquire Home Bank, Signal

Hill, California.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, June 6, 1996.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 96–14848 Filed 6–11–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

Notice of Proposals to Engage in

Permissible Nonbanking Activities or

to Acquire Companies that are

Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking

Activities

The companies listed in this notice

have given notice under section 4 of the

Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C.

1843) (BHC Act) and Regulation

Y, (12 CFR part 225) to engage de novo,

or to acquire or control voting securities

or assets of a company that engages

either directly or through a subsidiary or

other company, in a nonbanking activity

that is listed in § 225.25 of Regulation

Y (12 CFR 225.25) or that the Board has

determined by Order to be closely

related to banking and permissible for

bank holding companies. Unless

otherwise noted, these activities will be

conducted throughout the United States.

Each notice is available for inspection

at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated.

Once the notice has been accepted for

processing, it will also be available for

inspection at the offices of the Board of

Governors. Interested persons may

express their views in writing on the

question whether the proposal complies

with the standards of section 4 of the

BHC Act, including whether

consummation of the proposal can

‘‘reasonably be expected to produce

benefits to the public, such as greater

convenience, increased competition, or

gains in efficiency, that outweigh

possible adverse effects, such as undue

concentration of resources, decreased or

unfair competition, conflicts of

interests, or unsound banking practices’’

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Any request for a

hearing on this question must be

accompanied by a statement of the

reasons a written presentation would

not suffice in lieu of a hearing,

identifying specifically any questions of

fact that are in dispute, summarizing the

evidence that would be presented at a