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ANNOUNCEMENT BY
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Applications and Reports Received or Acted on
and All Other Actions of the Board
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During the Week Ending December 20, 1975

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To Become a Member of the Federal Reserve System
Pursuant to Section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act
Approved
"Catoctin Trust Company, Thurmont, Maryland.

To Establish a Domestic Branch Pursuant to
Section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act
Received
Franklin County Mercantile Bank, Washington, Missouri,
Branch to be established at Highways 100 and 47
in Washington.
The following was typed in error in R.2 #49, the
correct listing is below,
Received
The Detroit Bank-Southfie Id, SouthfieId, Michigan.
Branch to be established at the Northwest corner of
the intersection of Beech and Nine-Mile Roads, Southfield,
Oakland County.
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*Application processed by the Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of
Governors under delegated authority.




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- % To Merge Pursuant to Section 18(c) of
the Federal Deposit Insurance Act
Received
Central Trust Company, Rochester, New York, Rochester,
New York for prior approval to merge with Peter
Depuy State Bank, Nunda, New York.
Approved
*Catoctin Trust Company, Thurmont, Maryland for prior
approval to merge with The Thurmont Bank, Thurmont,
Maryland.
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*Application processed by the Reserve Bank on behalf of the Board of
Governors under delegated authority.




To Form a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
3(a)(1) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Received
Montrose Bancshares, Inc., Montrose, Missouri, for
approval to acquire 84,75 per cent or more of the
voting shares of Montrose Savings Bank, Montrose,
Missouri.
Approved
Owen-Curtiss Financial Corporation, Owen, Wisconsin,
for approval to acquire 91.33 per cent of the voting
shares of Owen-Curtiss State Bank, Owen, Wisconsin.
DUBOIS BankShares, Inc., Sauk Centre, Minnesota, for
approval to acquire 93 per cent of the voting shares of
First State Bank of Sauk Centre, Sauk Centre, Minnesota.
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To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
3(a)(3) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Received
Metro Insurance Agency, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri,
for approval to retain 1000 shares of the voting shares
through rights offering of The Metropolitan Bank, Kansas
City, Missouri.
Peoples Credit Co., Kansas City, Missouri, for approval
to retain 1000 shares of the voting shares through
rights offering of The Metropolitan Bank, Kansas City,
Missouri.
Approved
Suburban Bancorporation, Hyattsville, Maryland, for approval to acquire 100 per cent of the voting shares of
the successor by merger to The Thurmont Bank, Thurmont,
Maryland.
First Bancshares of Florida, Inc., Boca Raton, Florida,
for approval to acquire 90 per cent of the voting shares
of Vero Beach National Bank, Vero Beach, Florida, a
proposed new bank.




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To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
3(a)(5) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Received
Massachusetts Bay Bancorp, Inc., Lawrence, Massachusetts,
for approval to merge with Yankee Bancorporation,
Gloucester, Massachusetts.
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To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
4(c)(8) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Received
**Indian Head Banks Inc., Nashua, New Hampshire, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities (to
provide all required data processing services for the
holding company, its affiliated banks, and subsidiary
corporations; to provide finanically related data
processing services to non-affiliated banks on a fee
basis; acting on behalf of the affiliated banks and
other users in the selection and development of financially related data processing programs including
design and implementation) at 146 Main Street, Nashua,
New Hampshire, through a subsidiary, Indian Head Data
Services Inc.

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**Indian Head Banks Inc., Nashua, New Hampshire, notification of intent to engage in de_ novo activities (to
purchase mortgage loans originated by the subsidiary
banks of Indian Head Banks Inc. and to hold the loans
prior to resale; to package these loans for resale to
large institutional investors; and to continue to service the mortgages through the de novo subsidiary corporation) at 146 Main Street, Nashua, New Hampshire,
through a subsidiary, Indian Head Mortgage Servicing
Corp.

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**Pittsburgh National Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
notification of intent to relocate de novo activities
(mortgage banking, including the making, acquiring, and
servicing for its own account or the account of others,
loans and other extensions of credit) from 2129 Hacienda
Way, Sacramento, California to 5777 Madison Avenue,
Sacramento, California, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, The Kissell Company, Springfield, Ohio.

12-19-75

**4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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Received Continued
**Bankshares of Indiana, Inc., Merrillville, Indiana, notificat ion of intent to engage in de novo activities (acting as insurance agent or broker with respect to insurance for the holding company and its subsidiaries,
including blanket bond, employee life and disability,
fire and extended coverage, fleet leasing, and errors
and omissions coverages; and credit accident and health
insurance and mortgage redemption insurance sold in
connection with extensions of credit by a bank or bankrelated firm) at 2515 Portage Mall, Portage, Indiana,
through its subsidiary, Financial Insurance, Inc.

12-15-75

**Bankshares of Indiana, Inc., Merrillville, Indiana, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities (acting as insurance agent or broker with respect to insurance directly related to an extension of credit by a
bank or bank-related firms in the holding company system, including insurance protecting collateral in which
the bank or bank-related firms have a security interest,
and insurance generally sold to individual borrowers as
part of an insurance package such as homeowners insurance) at 2515 Portage Mall, Portage$ Indiana, through
its subsidiary, Financial Insurance, Inc.

12-15-75

**Walter E. Heller International Corporation, Chicago,
Illinois, notification of intent to engage in de novo
activities (the business of commercial finance) at
Colorado National Bank Building, 950 Seventeenth Street,
Denver, Colorado, through a subsidiary, Walter E. Heller
& Company.

12-17-75

**SJV Corporation, Elkhart, Indiana, notification of intent
to engage in de novo activities (the sale, as an insurance agent of credit life/accident and health insurance,
which is directly related to an extension of credit by
said subsidiary in connection with loans and other
extensions of credit) in Elkhart, South Bend, La Porte,
Mishawaka, all in Indiana, through its subsidiary, St.
Joseph Valley Finance Corp.

12-16-75

**4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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Received Continued
**First National Corporation of El Reno, Inc., E1. Reno,
Oklahoma, notification of intent to engage in dje novo
activities (originating, processing, closing, and
selling, of single and multi-family residential, FHA,
VA, and conventional mortgage loans) at 100 South
Bickford, El Reno, Oklahoma, through its wholly-owned
subsidiary, First National Mortgage Company, El Reno,
Oklahoma.

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West Point First National Co., Lincoln, Nebraska, for
approval to engage in the business of a general insurance agency through the acquisition of the shares of
First National of West Point Agency, Inc., West Point,
Nebraska.

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^Mercantile National Corporation, Dallas, Texas, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities (making
or acquiring, for its own account or for the account of
others, loans or extensions of credit, including the
following: "consumer credit loans"; accounts receivable
of a bank in connection with purchases made by holders
of credit cards issued by that bank; loans secured by
liens on improved real estate and payable in a lump sum
at maturity; interim loans to finance the construction
of industrial, commercial, residential, or farm buildings; short-term commercial loans made for business or
commercial purposes generally payable within 90 days;
loans made to finance the acquisition or carrying of
accounts receivable or inventory by merchants and dealers; retail installment paper originated by dealers or
other sellers of goods or services and purchased by a
bank; equipment leases executed in financing transactions in which a bank1s property has been purchased
for the purpose of leasing it to a customer; certificates of deposit issued by a bank having maturities
ranging from 30 to 270 days; mortgage warehousing loans
generally secured by pledges of the mortgage notes and
ordinarily held for one year or less; equipment financing loans made to businesses secured by personal
property and generally repayable in installments over a
one-to-five year period; income producing mineral interest loans secured by income producing mineral interests generally repayable in installments over a
three-to-seven year period; repurchase agreements with
financial institutions involving money-market and other
investments in short-term securities either on a direct
investment or on a repurchase basis) at 1704 Main
Street, Dallas, Texas.

**4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.



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Received Continued
**Security Pacific Corporation, Los Angeles, California,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(making or acquiring, for its own account or for the
account of others, loans and extensions of credit
including making consumer installment personal loans,
purchasing consumer installment sales finance contracts,
making loans to small businesses and other extensions of
credit such as would be made by a factoring company or a
commercial finance company; and acting as broker or
agent for the sale of consumer related life/accident and
health insurance and consumer related property and
casualty insurance) at 200 New Stine Road, Bakersfield,
California, through its subsidiary, Security Pacific
Finance Corp.
**Security Pacific Corporation, Los Angeles, California,
notification of intent to engage in <3e novo activities
(making or acquiring, for its own account or for the
account of others, loans and extensions of credit including making consumer installment personal loans,
purchasing consumer installment sales finance contracts,
making loans to small businesses and other extensions of
credit such as would be made by a factoring company or a
commercial finance company; and acting as broker or
agent for the sale of consumer related life/accident and
health insurance and consumer related property and
casualty insurance) at 3737 Main Street, Riverside,
California, through its subsidiary, Security Pacific
Finance Corp.
Approved
Southern Bancorporation, Inc., Greenville, South Carolina,
for approval to acquire all of the assets of F. & I.
Finance Company, Inc., Tyler, Texas.

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First National Holding Corp., Atlanta, Georgia, for
approval to acquire the shares of First Atlanta Insurance Company, Phoenix, Arizona.

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DUBOIS BankShares, Inc., Sauk Centre, Minnesota, for
permission to acquire the general insurance agency
business presently conducted by First State Agency, Sauk
Centre, Minnesota.

**4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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Permitted
**Citicorp, New York, New York, notification of intent to
relocate de novo activities (making of consumer installment personal loans, purchasing consumer installment
sales finance contracts; and acting as broker for the
sale of consumer credit related life/accident and health
insurance, and consumer credit related property and
casualty insurance; if this proposal is effected,
Nationwide Financial Corporation of Oregon will offer to
sell insurance as follows: group credit life/accident
and health insurance to cover the outstanding balances
of loans to borrowers in the event of their death, or,
to make the contractual monthly payments on the loans in
the event of the borrowersT disability; individual
physical damage insurance on personal property subject
to security agreements (including liability only when
such insurance is sold as part of an insurance package
on such property); further, in regard to the sale of
credit related insurance, Nationwide Financial Corporation of Oregon will not offer insurance counseling)
from 615 SW Park Avenue, Portland, Oregon to Raleigh
Hills (Valley Plaza), Beaverton, Oregon, through its
subsidiary, Nationwide Financial Corporation of Oregon.

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**Provident National Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(leasing of personal property on a full payout basis) at
1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York, through
its direct subsidiary, S.P. Leasing Corporation (formerly
known as Provident National Leasing Corporation).

12-18-75

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**Mellon National Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(making or acquiring, for its own account or for the
account of others, loans and other extensions of credit
such as would be made by a mortgage company) at 3601 110 Service Road at Edenborn, Metairie, Louisiana,
through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Carruth Mortgage
Corporation, New Orleans, Louisiana.

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**Atlantic Bancorporation, Jacksonville, Florida, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities (making
or acquiring, for its own account or for the account of
others, loans and other extensions of credit including,
without limitation, mortgage loans and loans to its
subsidiaries) at 200 West Forsyth Street, Jacksonville,
Florida.

12-14-75

**4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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Permitted Continued
**Bankshares of Indiana, Inc., Merrillville, Indiana, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(acting as investment or financial adviser to the extent
of providing portfolio investment advice to any person,
and performing an activity that may be performed by a
trust company; namely acting in an agency capacity with
respect to both discretionary (managing agency) accounts
and accounts where the approval of the client would be
necessary before any investment change is made) in
Merrillville, Indiana, and Chicago, Illinois.
**Northwest Bancorporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(providing to residents of the State of Montana (including corporations, individuals, partnerships, and
other associations) trust services as may be allowed by
law and so provided for in the Articles of Incorporation; it is intended that this corporation will assume
by appropriate legal transfer the trust activities of
the First National Bank, Butte/Anaconda; Northwestern
National Bank of Great Falls; First National Bank and
Trust Company, Billings; and Northwestern Bank & Union
Trust Co., Helena) at 350 North Last Change Gulch,
Helena, Montana; 21 Third Street North, Great Falls,
Montana; and 201 North Broadway, Billings, Montana;
through a subsidiary trust company to be named Northwestern Union Trust Co.

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12-18-75

**BankAmerica Corporation, San Francisco, California, noti12-20-75
fication of intent to relocate de novo activities (making of consumer installment loans and purchasing installment sales finance contracts, and making of loans to
small businesses; acting as agent or broker for the sale
of credit related life/accident and disability insurance, and credit related property and casualty insurance
in connection with extensions of credit by FinanceAmerica
Corporation of Pennsylvania) from 38 South Queen Street
to 150 Farmington Lane, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, through
its subsidiary, FinaneeAmerica Corporation of Pennsylvania.

**4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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Permitted Continued
**BankAmerica Corporation, San Francisco, California, notification of intent to relocate de novo activities
(providing funds and/or credit services in connection
with the financing of stock and floor plan inventory of
distributors and dealers of consumer products; makes
available, to such dealers at their option and cost,
fire, theft, and damage insurance on a monthly reporting basis covering only the outstanding indebtedness on such floor plan inventory) from 3960 Peachtree Road, N.E., DeKalb County, Georgia to 3845 North
Druid Hills Road, DeKalb County, Georgia, through its
subsidiary, FinanceAmerica Private Brands, Inc.
**SEAFIRST CORPORATION, Seattle, Washington, notification
of intent to engage in de novo activities (acting as
insurance agent with regard to vendor's single interest
insurance and dual interest insurance against loss of/or
damage to personal property in which the holding company
or one of its subsidiaries has a security interest or
lien as collateral security for extensions of credit by
the holding company or its subsidiaries) at all existing
branches and offices of Seattle-First National Bank at
their present locations throughout the State of Washington, through a subsidiary, Spokane Eastern Company.
Reactivated
**First Tennessee National Corporation, Memphis, Tennessee,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(acting as agent or broker with respect to the sale of
general insurance) at 10039 Manchester Road, Warson
Woods, Missouri, through its subsidiary, Crown Finance
Corp.
**Northwest Bancorporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, notification of intent to engage in cie novo activities
(providing to residents of the State of Montana (including corporations, individuals, partnerships, and
other associations) trust services as may be allowed
by law and so provided for in the Articles of Incorporation; it is intended that this corporation will
assume by appropriate legal transfer the trust activities of the First National Bank, Butte/Anaconda;

**4(c)(8) and 4(c) (12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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Reactivated Continued
Northwestern National Bank of Great Falls; First
National Bank and Trust Company, Billings; and
Northwestern Bank & Union Trust Co., Helena) at
350 North Last Chance Gulch, Helena, Montana; 21
Third Street North, Great Falls, Montana; and 201
North Broadway, Billings, Montana; through a subsidiary trust company to be named Northwestern
Union Trust Co.
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**SEAFIRST CORPORATION, Seattle, Washington, notification
of intent to engage in de novo activities (acting as
insurance agent with regard to vendorfs single interest insurance and dual interest insurance against
loss of/or damage to personal property in which the
holding company or one of its subsidiaries has a
security interest of lien as collateral security for
extensions of credit by the holding company or its
subsidiaries) at all existing branches and offices
of Seattle-First National Bank at their present locations throughout the State of Washington, through a
subsidiary, Spokane Eastern Company.
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To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
4(c)(12) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Permitted
**Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, Decatur, Illinois, notification of intent to acquire all of the outstanding
voting shares of Nelson & Bollen Feed Mill Inc.,
Geneseo, Illinois.
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Other Actions of the Board
Statement by Governor Robert C. Holland before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance of the House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing.
**4(c)(8) and 4(c)(12) notifications processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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Continned
Adoption of interim guidelines for electronically
recorded payments for financial institutions of all
types participating in the TreasuryTs program for
direct deposit of Federal payments that are made on
a recurring basis.
Announcement by Board, together with other Federal bank
regulatory agencies of detailed changes that will be
required next year in two basic financial reports by
banks, Report of Condition and Report of Income filed
by all insured commercial banks.
***Virgin Islands National Bank, Charlotte Amalie, St.
Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, proposed acquisition of a portion of the assets and assumption
of a portion of the liabilities by First Pennsylvania
Bank N.A., Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania; report to the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on competitive
factors.
***State Bank of Salem, Salem, Indiana, application for
permission to exercise limited trust powers.
***01d Kent Bank of Wyoming, Wyoming, Michigan, (in organization) extension of time to August 2, 1976, within
which to open for business and to become a member of
the Federal Reserve System.
***01d Kent Bank of Grandville, Grandville, Michigan, (in
organization) extension of time to August 2, 1976,
within which to open for business and to become a
member of the Federal Reserve System.
***Citizens and Southern Holding Company, Atlanta, Georgia,
extension of time until March 30, 1976, within which
to engage in activities through Citizens and Southern
Mortgage Company, in Albany, Columbus, and Rome,
Georgia.
***First International Bancshares, Inc., Dallas, Texas,
additional extension of time to January 25, 1976, in
which to consummate the acquisition of Nassau Bay
National Bank of Clear Lake, Nassau Bay, Texas.
***Processed on behalf of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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***United Jersey Banks, Princeton, New Jersey, extension
of time for its subsidiary United Jersey Services
Corp to commence activities in Princeton, Westmont,
and Hackensack, New Jersey.
***Northern Michigan Corporation, Escanaba, Michigan,
extension of time to April 24, 1976, within which
to consummate the acquisition of Northern Michigan
Bank of Kingsford, Kingsford, Michigan.
***01d Kent Financial Corporation, Grand Rapids, Michigan,
extension of time to August 2, 1976, within which to
acquire 100 per cent of the voting shares of Old Kent
Bank of Grandville, Grandville, Michigan (in organization) , and Old Kent Bank of Wyoming, Wyoming, Michigan (in organization).
***United Banks of Colorado, Inc., Denver, Colorado, extension of time to February 27, 1976, within which
to consummate the acquisition of South Platte National
Bank, La Salle, Colorado.
***Fidelity Union Trust Company, Newark, New Jersey, extension of time to December 20, 1976, to establish
a branch at the intersection of Route 10 and Route
202, Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey.
***Indiana Lawrence Bank & Trust Company, North Manchester,
Indiana, extension of time to August 19, 1976, within
which to establish a branch at 103 Heeter Avenue,
North Manchester, Indiana.
***United Counties Trust Company, Elizabeth, New Jersey,
extension of time to July 14, 1976, to establish
a branch at the southwest corner of South Street and
Westview Avenue, New Providence, New Jersey.
***Beloit State Bank, Beloit, Wisconsin, investment in
bank premises.
***Farmers and Merchants Bank of Rockford, Opportunity,
Washington, additional investment in bank premises.
***Processed on behalf of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.