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ANNdUKOMOT BY
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OF THE
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
(H.2, 1979 No. 35)
Actions of the Board; Applications and Reports
Received During the Week Ending September 1, 1979
APPLICABLE
RESERVE BANK

ACTIONS OF THE BOARD
Robert E. Mannion, Deputy General Counsel, Legal Division,
promotion announced effective September 3.
Edward T. Mulrenin, Assistant Staff Director, Office of
Staff Director for Management, promotion announced,
effective September 3.
William N. McDonough, Office of the Secretary, has been
appointed temporary Assistant Secretary, effective
October 1.

St. Louis

Camden County Bank, Camdenton, Missouri, issuance of
subordinated capital notes* 1/

Philadelphia

Girard Bank, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, issuance of a
subordinated capital note. 1/

San
Francisco

Cottonwood Security Bank, Salt Lake City, Utah, permission
to make an investment in bank premises . 1/

Richmond

Citizens National Bank of Emporia, Emporia, Virginia, and
City Savings Bank and Trust Company, Petersburg,
Virginia, and Central Fidelity Bank, N.A., Richmond,
Virginia, proposed merger; report to the Comptroller
of the Currency on competitive factors. 1/

Cleveland

First National Bank of Clermont County, Bethel, Ohio, and
Society National Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio,
proposed merger ; report to the Comptroller of the
Currency on competitive factors. 1/

Boston

Indian Head National Bank of Derry, Derry, New Hampshire,
and Indian Head National Bank of Nashua, Nashua, New
Hampshire, proposed merger; report to the Comptroller
of the Currency on competitive factors. 1/

Atlanta

Sun First National Bank of Lake Wales, Lake Wales, Florida,
and Smt First National Bank of; Polk County, Auburndale,
Florida, proposed merger; report to the Comptroller of
the Currency on competitive factors. 1/

17 Application processed on behalf of the Board of Governors under delegated
authority.




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Applications and Notifications for International Investments and Other Actions Pursuant to Sections 25 and
25(a) of the Federal Reserve Act and Sections 4(c) (9)
and 4(c) (13) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956,
as amended
New York

Approved
Bankers International Corporation, New York, New York:
grants permission to amend Article "Tenth" of its
Articles of Association to permit non-U.S. citizens to
serve on its Board of Directors by deleting from
Article Tenth the phrase "all of whan shall be citizens
of the United States."
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To Form a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
3(a) (1) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Chicago

Chicago

Withdrawn
North Community Bancorp, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, for
approval to acquire 94.6 per cent of the voting shares
of North Community State Bank, Chicago, Illinois. 2/
Approved
Goodencw Bancorporation, Wall Lake, Icwa, for approval
to acquire 80 per cent or more of the voting shares of
Wall Lake Savings Bank, Wall Lake, Iowa. 2/

Minneapolis

Melrose Bancshares, Inc., Melrose, Minnesota, for approval to acquire 80.16 per cent of the voting shares
of Melrose State Bank, Melrose, Minnesota. 1/ & 2/

Dallas

First Neches Bancorp Shares, Inc., Vidor, Texas, for
approval to acquire 80 per cent or more of the voting
shares of Vidor State Bank, Vidor, Texas. 1/ & 2/

Dallas

Leon County Bancshares, Inc., Buffalo, Texas, for approval to acquire 80 per cent or more of the voting
shares of Citizens State Bank, Buffalo, Texas. 1/ & 2/

Dallas

Valley Mills Financial Corporation, Valley Mills, Texas,
for approval to acquire 80 per cent (less directors'
qualifying shares) of the voting shares of First
National Bank in Valley Mills, Valley Mills, Texas. 1/

& 2/

±7 Application processed on behalf of the Board of Governors under delegated
authority.
2/ Application subject to Community Reinvestment Act. The Community
Reinvestment Officer of the applicable Reserve Bank may be contacted
as to the length of the comment period.



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ACTIONS OF THE BQAPD-Continued
St. Louis

Denied
TGB Co., Clayton, Missouri, for approval to acquire
985,687 voting shares of T G Bancshares Co., St.
Louis, Missouri. 2/
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To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
3(a) (3) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Atlanta

Approved
Southern Bancorporation of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama,
for approval to acquire 80 per cent or more of the
voting shares of First National Bank of Etcwah County,
Attala, Alabama. 2/

Minneapolis

Otto Bremer Company, St. Paul, Minnesota, for approval
to acquire 91.1 per cent of the voting shares of
Farmers State Bank, Frederic, Wisconsin. 2/

Minneapolis

Otto Bremer Company, St. Paul, Minnesota, for approval
to acquire 77.5 per cent of the voting shares of
Peoples State Bank, Colfax, Wisconsin. 2/

Minneapolis

Otto Bremer Company, St. Paul, Minnesota, for approval
to acquire 60.9 per cent of the voting shares of Union
State Bank, Amery, Wisconsin. 2/

Minneapolis

Otto Bremer Company, St. Paul, Minnesota, for approval
to acquire 92.7 per cent of the voting shares of
Washburn State Bank, Washburn, Wisconsin. 2/

San
Francisco

First Security Corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah, for
approval to acquire 100 per cent of the voting shares
(less directors' qualifying shares) of First Security
Bank of Richfield, National Association, Richfield,
Utah, a proposed new bank. 2/

2/ Application subject to Community Reinvestment Act. The Community
Reinvestment Officer of the applicable Reserve Bank may be contacted
as to the length of the comment period.




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To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
3 (a) (5) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
St. Louis

Denied
County National Bancorporation, Clayton, Missouri, for
approval to acquire indirectly through TGB Co., 80 per
cent or more of the voting shares of T G Bancshares
Co., St. Louis, Missouri. 2/
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To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
4(c) (8) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Cleveland

San
Francisco

San
Francisco

Boston

Approved
Wesbanco, Inc., Wheeling, West Virginia, for approval
to acquire all the outstanding shares of Ohio Valley
Finance Company, Wheeling, West Virginia.
Rainier Bancorporation, Seattle, Wiashington, for approval
of the retention of the credit related insurance
agency activities of its subsidiary. Rainier Mortgage
Company, Seattle, Washington.
Returned
Security Pacific Corporation, Los Angeles, California,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(to engage in mortgage closing documentation activities)
at 1780 Century Circle, Atlanta, Georgia, through a
subsidiary, Document Preparation, Inc. (7/30/79) 3/
Delayed
First National Boston Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
- (providing corporate, pension and personal trust related services to corporations, partnerships and
individuals) in Hilton Head, South Carolina, through a
subsidiary, Old Colony Trust Company of South Carolina
(8/30/79) 3/

27 Application subject to Community Reinvestment Act. The Canmunity
Reinvestment Officer of the applicable Reserve Bank may be contacted
as to the length of the comment period.
3/ 4 (c) (8) or 4 (c) (12) notification processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




ACTIONS OF THE BQARD-Continued
Philadelphia

Boston

New Jersey National Corporation, Trenton, New Jersey,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(making, acquiring, selling and servicing for its own
account or the account of others, loans and other
extensions of credit principally secured by mortgages)
at 19 Bala Avenue, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, through
its subsidiary, Underwood Mortgage and Title Company
(8/31/79) 3/
Permitted
First National Boston Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(factoring, commercial financing, and personal property leasing) at 111 S.W. Columbia Street, Portland,
Oregon, through an existing indirect subsidiary, FNB
Financial Company, a wholly-cwned subsidiary of FSC
Corp., Boston, Massachusetts (8/26/79) 3/

Boston

First National Boston Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(making, acquiring and servicing for its am account
or for the account of others, loans and other extensions of credit including those secured by mortgages
of residential or commercial properties or leasehold
interests therein? furnishing economic or financial
information on real estate matters; providing portolio
investment advise concerning real estate matters; and
providing all such other services and engaging in all
such other activities as are incidential to any of the
foregoing) at 1499 West Palmetto Park Road, Boca
Raton, Florida, through First National Boston Corporations1 s wholly-owned subsidiary, First of Boston Mortgage Corporation (8/30/79) 3/

Boston

First National Boston Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(providing corporate, pension trust related services
to corporations, partnerships, and individuals) at 111
W. Monroe Street, Phoenix, Arizona and 177 N. Church
Street, Tucson, Arizona, through a subsidiary, Old
Colony Trust Company of Arizona (8/28/79) 3/

37 4(c)(8) or 4(c) (12) notification processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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ACTIONS OF TOE BOARD-Continued
New York

Manufacturers Hanover Corporation, New York, New York,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(arranging, making or acquiring for its am account or
for the account of others, loans and other extensions
of credit such as would be made or acquired by a
mortgage company; servicing any such loans and other
extensions of credit for any persons; and acting as
agent, through its subsidiary, CMC Insurance Agency,
Inc., for the sale of credit life and credit accident
and health insurance related to such loans and other
extensions of credit) at Suite B, 316, 3101 West
Peoria Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona, through its subsidiary,
Manufacturers Hanover Mortgage Corporation (8/31/79)
3/

Philadelphia

First Pennsylvania Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, notification of intent to engage in de novo
activities (performing accounts receivable, accounts
payable and billing services and other similar services involving the storing and processing of financial
data; and servicing of loans and other extensions of
credit) at 1118 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, through its direct subsidiary, Fund/Plan
Services, Inc. (8/28/79) 3/

Cleveland

Pittsburgh National Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(to engage in mortgage banking activities including
the making or acquiring and servicing, for its own
account or the account of others , loans and other
extensions of credit) in the Metropolitan area of
Esoondido, California, through a subsidiary, The
Kissell Company (8/18/79) 3/

Richmond

Virginia National Bankshares, Inc., Norfolk, Virginia,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(making direct consumer installment loans, purchasing
consumer installment sales finance contracts, extending direct loans to dealers for the financing of
inventory (floor planning) and working capital purposes;
making, acquiring, and servicing, for its own account
or for the account of others, loans secured principally
by second mortgages on real property ; and acting as
agent for the sale of credit life and credit accident
and health insurance directly related to its extensions
of credit) at 4009 Fitzhugh Avenue, Richmond,: 1201
Airline Boulevard, Portsmouth and 1003 West Washington
Street, Suffolk, Virginia, through its subsidiary,
Atlantic Equity Corporation (8/28/79) 3/

37

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


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Chicago

HICKORY BANCORP., INC., Hickory Hills, Illinois, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities (to
engage in selling as agent of credit life and health
and accident insurance related to extensions of credit
by its subsidiary bank) at 7800 W. 95th Street, Hickory
Hills, Illinois, thorugh its subsidiary, Hickory
Insurance Agency, Inc. (8/31/79) 3/

Chicago

Walter E. Heller International Corporation, Chicago,
Illinois, notification of intent to engage in de novo
activities (to engage in commercial finance activities)
at 2222 Park Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota, through
its subsidiary, Walter E. Heller & Company (8/25/79)

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Kansas City

Liberty National Corporation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(acting as insurance agent with respect to credit life
and credit accident and health insurance, including
mortgage life and disability insurance directly related
to extensions of credit by Liberty National Corporation's
subsidiaries, The Liberty National Bank and Trust
Company of Oklahoma City, Liberty Financial Corporation and Liberty Mortgage Company) such activities
will be conducted from the following locations of the
offices of LNB, LFC and IMC: LNB: Oklahoma City; LFC:
Oklahoma City; IMC: Oklahoma City; Lawton; Tulsa;
Broken Arrow; Edmond; and Sand Springs, Oklahoma,
through an indirect subsidiary, Mid-America Insurance
Agency, Inc. (8/30/79) 3/

San
Francisco

Crocker National Corporation, San Francisco, California,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(to engage in lending and loan servicing, investment
advisory and real property leasing activities) at 611
West Sixth Street, Los Angeles, California; 111 Sutter
Street, San Francisco, California; 555 Park Center
Drive, Santa Ana, California; 9911 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, California; and 1775 The Exchange,
Atlanta, Georgia, through its subsidiary, Crocker
Mortgage Cdmpany, Inc. (8/31/79) 3/

San
Francisco

First Hawaiian, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii, notification of
intent to engage in de novo activities (to engage in
industrial loan and credit related insurance activities)
at 45-1141 Kamehameha Highway, Kaneohe, Hawaii, through
its subsidiary, Hawaii Thrift and Loan Incorporated
(8/31/79) 2/

3/

4(c) (8) or 4(c) (12) notification processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
qf the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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ACTIONS OF THE BGARDHjontinued
San
Francisco

U.S. Bancorp, Portland, Oregon, notification of intent
to engage in de novo activities (to engage in lending,
loan servicing and personal property leasing activities)
at 2001 Bryan Tcwer, Dallas, Texas, through its subsidiary, U.S., Bancorp Financial, Inc. (8/19/79) 3/
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Agreements Filed Pursuant to Section 8 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Mitsui Bank, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan has filed an agreement
with the Board undertaking to comply with all provisions
which relate to the use of credit to finance transactions in securities.

3/ 4(c) (8) or 4 (c) (12) notification processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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- 9 APPLICATIONS RECEIVED

To Form a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
3 (a) (1) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Atlanta

Peoples Bancorporation, Inc., Lakeland, Florida, for
approval to acquire 100 per cent of the voting shares
of Peoples Bank of Lakeland, Lakeland, Florida. 2/

Chicago

Muscatine Bancorporation, Muscatine, Icwa, for approval
to acquire 80 per cent or more of the voting shares of
Central State Bank, Muscatine, Iowa. 2/

Chicago

National Bancorporation, Inc., Traverse City, Michigan,
for approval to acquire 100 per cent of the voting
shares (less directors' qualifying shares) of National
Bank and Trust Company of Traverse City, Traverse
City, Michigan. 2/

St. Louis

First M & F Corporation, Kosciusko, Mississippi, for
approval to acquire 80 per cent or more of the voting
shares of Merchants & Farmers Bank, Kosciusko, Mississippi. 2/

Minneapolis

Hampton Bancshares, Inc., Hampton, Minnesota, for approval to acquire 90 per cent of the voting shares of
State Bank of Hampton, Hampton, Minnesota. 2/

Kansas City

Barnard Bankshares, Inc., Barnard, Kansas, for approval
to acquire 92.79 per cent (less directors' qualifying
shares) of the voting shares of Barnard State Bank,
Barnard, Kansas. 2/

Kansas City

Exchange Bank Corporation, Del City, Oklahoma, for approval to acquire 80 per cent or more (less directors'
qualifying shares) of the voting shares of Exchange
National Bank of Del City, Del City, Oklahoma. 2/

Kansas City

Frederick Holding Company, Stanberry, Missouri, for approval to acquire 80 per cent or more of the voting
shares of Farmers State Bank Stanberry, Stanberry,
Missouri. 2/

Kansas City

Valley Bancshares, Inc., Atchison, Kansas, for approval
to acquire 87.19 per cent of the voting shares of The
Valley State Bank, Atchison, Kansas. 2/

2/ Application subject to Community Reinvestment Act. The Connunity
Reinvestment Officer of the applicable Reserve Bank may be contacted
as to the length of the content period.




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APPLICATIONS REX^IVED-Continued

Dallas

Baylor Bancshares, Inc., Seymour, Texas, for approval to
acquire 100 per cent of the voting shares (less directors' qualifying shares) of The First National Bank
of Seymour, Seymour, Texas. 2/

Dallas

Beltway Bancshares, Inc., Houston, Texas, for approval
to acquire 100 per cent of the voting shares (less directors' qualifying shares) of Beltway Bank, Houston,
Texas. 2/

Dc^^dS

Graham National Bancorporation, Graham, Texas, for approval to acquire 80-100 per cent of the voting shares
(less directors' qualifying shares) of The Graham
National Bank, Graham, Texas. 2/

Dallas

Merkel Bancshares, Inc., Merkel, Texas, for approval to
acquire 80-100 per cent of the voting shares (less directors' qualifying shares) of The Farmers and Merchants
National Bank of Merkel, Merkel, Texas. 2/

San
Francisco

Grandville Financial Holdings Limited, Hong Kong, B.C.C.,
Grandville California Holdings Inc., San Francisco and
Halifax Financial Holdings Inc., San Francisco, California, for approval to acquire 100 per cent of the
voting shares of Independence Bank, Encino, California.

2/

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To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
3(a) (3) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Cleveland

Society Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio, for approval to
acquire 100 per cent (less directors' qualifying
shares) of the voting shares of The Second National
Bank of Bucyrus, Bucyrus, Ohio. 2/

Atlanta

Barnett Banks of Florida, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida,
for approval to acquire 50 per cent or more of the
voting shares of Bank of Mount Dora, Mount Dora,
Florida. 2/

Atlanta

Barnett Banks of Florida, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida,
for approval to acquire 50 per cent or more of the
voting shares of The First National Bank & Trust
Company, Eustis, Florida. 2/

2/ Application subject to Community Reinvestment Act. The Ccmnunity
Reinvestment Officer of the applicable Reserve Bank may be contacted
as to the length of the comment period.



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APPLICATIGNS RECEIVED-Continued
Kansas City

FirstBank Holding Company, Lakewood, Colorado, for approval to acquire 98.3 per cent of the voting shares
of FirstBank of Governor's Ranch, National Association,
Denver, Colorado, a proposed new bank. 2/

Kansas City

FirstBank Holding Company, Lakewood, Colorado, for approval to acquire 98.4 per cent of the voting shares
of FirstBank of Villa Italia, National Association,
Lakewood, Colorado, a proposed new bank. 2/

Kansas City

Wolbach Insurance Agency, Inc., Wolbach, Nebraska, for
approval to acquire 24.76 per cent of the voting
shares of Broken Bo/ Enterprises, Inc., Broken Bow,
Nebraska. 2/

Kansas City

Wyoming Bancorporation, Cheyenne, Wyoming, for approval
to acquire 100 per cent of the voting shares of First
Wyoming Bank-Douglas, Douglas, Wyoming, a proposed new
bank. 2/

San
Francisco

Utah Bancorporation, Salt Lake City, Utah, for approval
to acquire 100 per cent (less directors1 qualifying
shares) of the voting shares of Valley Central Bank,
Richfield, Utah. 2/
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To Expand a Bank Holding Company Pursuant to Section
4(c) (8) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
Boston

Industrial National Corporation, Providence, Rhode Island,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(to engage in the origination and sale of residential
mortgages and servicing of residential mortgage loans)
at 2331 San Luis Place, Green Bay, Wisconsin, through
an indirect subsidiary, Amortized Mortgages Inc.
(8/30/79) 3/

Boston

Industrial National Corporation, Providence, Rhode Island,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(to engage in the origination and sale of residential
mortgages and servicing of residential mortgage loans)
at 1751 West County Road B, Roseville, Minnesota,
through Mortgage Associates, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
a wholly-owned subsidiary of Industrial National Corporation's direct subsidiary, MAI Financial Corporation (8/30/79) 3/

%7 Application subject to Community Reinvestment Act. The Community
Reinvestment Officer of the applicable Reserve Bank may be contacted
as to the length of the comment period.
3/ 4(c) (8) or 4(c) (12) notification processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.



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New York

Chemical New York Corporation, Nev York, New York, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
((a) extending direct loan credit, purchasing sales
finance contracts, and making, acquiring or servicing
such other extensions of credit as would be made,
acquired or serviced by a consumer finance company
including, but not limited to, making loans secured by
real and personal property; and (b) providing, at the
election of debtors, credit life insurance, credit
accident and health insurance and credit related
property and casualty insurance in connection with
such extensions of credit) at 10640 North 28th Street,
Phoenix, Arizona, through its subsidiary, Sunamerica
Corporation (8/27/79) 3/

New York

Chemical New York Corporation, New York, New York, notification of intent to relocate de novo activities
(making direct loans including loans secured by real
and personal property, purchasing installment sales
contracts; and acting as agent or broker for the sale
of life, accident and health and property and casualty
insurance directly related to such extensions of
credit) from 410 South Norfolk Street, San Mateo,
California to 2121 South El Camino Real, San Mateo,
California, through its subsidiary, Sunamerica Financial Corporation (8/27/79) 3/

New York

Citicorp, New York, New York, notification of intent to
relocate de novo activities (making consumer installment personal loans, purchasing and servicing for its
cwn account consumer installment sales finance contracts, making loans for the account of others such as
one-to-four family unit mortgage loans, making loans
to individuals and businesses secured by real and
personal property, the proceeds of which may be for
purposes other than personal, family or household
usage; and the sale of credit related life and accident
and health or decreasing or level (in the case of
single payment loans) term life insurance by licensed
agents or brokers to the extent permissible under
applicable State insurance laws and regulations; and
the sale of credit related property and casualty
insurance protecting personal and real property subject
to a security agreement with Citicorp Person-to-Person
Financial Center, Inc. and to the extent permissible
under applicable State laws and regulations; in regard

3/ 4(c) (8) or 4(c) (12) notification processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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to credit related insurance, the business of a general
insurance agency will not be conducted; credit related \
decreasing term life insurance and accident and health
insurance may be reinsured by Family Guardian Life
Insurance Company, an affiliate of Citicorp Person-toPerson Financial Center, Inc.) frcxn 307 West 18th
Street, Cheyenne, Wyoming to 3221 East Pershing Boulevard, Cheyenne, Wyoming, through its subsidiary,
Citicorp Person-to-Person Financial Center, Inc.
(8/28/79) 3/

Philadelphia

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia National Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, notification of intent to engage through a
newly formed indirect subsidiary known as Signal
Finance of New Castle, Inc. (a Delaware Corporation)
having its principal office at Robinson Plaza Three,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the following activities
(purchasing sales finance contracts executed in connection with the sale of personal, family and household goods or services; selling credit life insurance
including joint life insurance and credit accident and
health insurance in connection with certain installment loans made and sales finance contracts purchased,
and reinsuring such insurance through Patrick Henry
Life Insurance Company and Patrick Henry Insurance
Company, indirect subsidiaries of Philadelphia National
Corporation; and generally engaging in the business of
a consumer finance company) such activities will be
engaged in throughout the State of Delaware and contiguous
portions of Maryland and Pennsylvania from a proposed
new office of Signal Finance of New Castle, Inc. at
103 Penn Mart Center, New Castle, Delaware (8/28/79)

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Philadelphia National Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, notification of intent to engage in de novo
activities (selling credit accident and health insurance to borrowers in connection with loans made
pursuant to Signal's second mortgage lending business
and reinsuring such insurance through Patrick Henry
Insurance Company, an indirect subsidiary of Philadelphia
National Corporation) at Stadium Plaza, 1616 East
Wooster Street, Bowling Green, Ohio; 8334 Mentor
Avenue, Mentor, Ohio; Perkins Plaza, Store 5, Perkins
Avenue, Sandusky, Ohio; 4950 Darrcw Road, Stew, Ohio;
and 27328 Lorain Road, North Olmstead, Ohio; through
its indirect subsidiary, Signal Mortgage Corporation
(8/21/79) 3/

3/ 4(c) (8) or 4(c) (12) notification processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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Philadelphia

Philadelphia National Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, notification of intent to engage in de novo
activities (making personal installment loans secured
by a mortgage (other than a purchase money mortgage)
on a borrower's real property and/or by a security
interest in a borrower's personal property, and in
connection with such loans selling casualty insurance
(underwritten by Toledo National Insurance Company, an
unaffiliated insurer), credit life insurance (including joint credit life insurance) and credit accident and health insurance and reinsuring such credit
life insurance and credit accident and health insurance
through Patrick Henry Insurance Company and Patrick
Henry Life Insurance Company, indirect subsidiaries of
Philadelphia National Corporation, and generally
engaging in the business of second mortgage lending as
permitted by Ohio law) at 284 N. Market Street, East
Palestine, Ohio, through its indirect subsidiary,
Signal Mortgage Corporation (8/21/79) 3/

Cleveland

Mellon National Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(general consumer finance activities including acting
as insurance agent with respect to the sale of credit
life insurance, credit accident and health insurance,
and credit property insurance) at 521 Main Street,
Lafayette, Indiana, through a subsidiary, Freedom
Financial Services Corporation (8/30/79) 3/

Cleveland

Mellon National Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(making or acquiring, for its own account or the
account of others, loans and other extensions of
credit as would be made by a mortgage company) at 1255
Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, through Mellon Mortgage,
Inc. - East, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mellon
National Mortgage Corporation, which is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Mellon National Corporation (8/21/79) 3/

Cleveland

Pittsburgh National Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(to engage in mortgage banking activities including
the making or acquiring and servicing, for its own
account or the account of others, loans and other
extensions of credit) in the Metropolitan area of
Huntsville, Alabama, the Metropolitan area of Mobile,
Alabama and the Metropolitan area of Ashville, North
Carolina, through a subsidiary, The Kissell Company
(8/27/79) 3/

3/ 4(c) (8) or 4(c) (12) notification processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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APPLICATIONS RECEIVEDH^ntinued

Chicago

Town Financial Corporation, Hartford City, Indiana, for
approval to retain shares of Tcwn Finance Company,
Inc., Hartford City, Indiana.

Minneapolis

Dakota Bankshares, Inc., Fargo, North Dakota, for approval to acquire 100 per cent of the voting shares of
Red River Acceptance, Inc., Fargo, North Dakota.

Kansas City

First National Charter Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(to engage in mortgage banking activities) at 600 East
103rd Street, Kansas City, Missouri and on the premised
of CharteAank Lee's Summit, 301 South M&in, Lee's
Sufrcnit",Missouri, thrbugK its subsidiary, Charter
" Bankers Mortgagetidttpany(8/28/73) 3/ '

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Dallas

First City Bancorporation of Texas, Inc., Houston, Texas,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(to engage in acting as an insurance agent or broker
in the office of the holding company with respect to
(1) any insurance for the holding company and its subsidiaries; and (2) any insurance that is directly related to an extension of credit by a bank or bank-related firm of the kind described in Federal Reserve
Regulation Y including, but not limited to, credit
life insurance, credit accident and health insurance
and property and casualty insurance designed to protect
collateral securing a loan) at 1111 Fannin Street,
Houston, Texas, through a subsidiary, First City
Insurance Agency, Inc. (8/28/79) 3/

Dallas

First United Bancorporation, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(to engage in bookkeeping and data processing activities) in Fort Worth, Texas, through its subsidiary,
First United Systems, Inc. (8/30/79) 3/

San
Francisco

BankAmerica Corporation, San Francisco, California, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(to engage in lending, loan servicing, and credit related insurance activities) in Normal, Illinois,
through its indirect subsidiary, FinanceAmerica Corp.
(Delaware) (8/31/79) 3/

3/ 4(c) (8) or 4(c) (12) notification processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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APPLICATION FSEXEIVEIHjmtinued
San
Francisco

Correction:
First Hawaiian, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii, notification of
intent to engage in de novo activities (to engage in
industrial loan and credit related insurance agency
activities) at 1268 Kaahumanu Street, Pearl City,
Hawaii, through its subsidiary, Hawaii Thrift & Loan,
Incorporated. This was mistakenly listed as Permitted
on H.2 No. 33 with the date (8/17/79). It should have
been listed as Received with the date (8/13/79) 3/

San
Francisco

First Security Corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah* notification of intent to engage in de novo activities (to
engage in mortgage lending and loan servicing activities)
at 321 South 24th Street West* Billingst Montanar
through its subsidiary, Utah. Mortgage Loan Corporation
(8/29/79) 3/

San
Francisco

Orbanco, Inc., Portland, Oregon, notification of intent
to engage in de novo activities (to engage in lending,
leasing personal property, servicing loans, and credit
related insurance agency activities) in Rosemont,
Illinois, through its subsidiary, Northwest Acceptance
Corporation (8/31/79) 3/

San
Francisco

Patagonia Corporation, Phoenix, Arizona, notification
of intent to engage in de novo activities (making or
acquiring, for its am account or for the account of
others, loans and other extensions of credit (including issuing letters of credit and accepting drafts)
such as would be made, for example, by a mortgage,
finance, credit card, or factoring company) at 800
West 47th Street, Kansas City, Missouri and 5251 West
Westheimer, Houston, Texas, through its subsidiary,
Patagonia Leasing Company (8/31/79) 3/

San
Francisco

Security Pacific Corporation, Los Angeles, California,
notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(to engage in lending and loan servicing) in Minneapolis,
Minnesota, through its subsidiary, Security Pacific
Mortgage Corporation (8/31/79) 3/

San
Francisco

Wells Fargo & Company, San Francisoo, California, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities
(lending, loan servicing, acting as investment or
financial advisor, leasing of real property, or acting
as agent or broker in such leasing and providing
bookkeeping or data processing services) in Portland,
Oregon, through its subsidiary, Wells Fargo Realty
Advisors (8/28/79) 3/

37 4 (c) (8) or 4 (c) (12) notification processed by Reserve Bank on behalf
of the Board of Governors under delegated authority.




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APPLICATIONS RECEIVEI>Continued
San
Francisco

Zions Utah Bancorporatiori, Salt Lake City, Utah, notification of intent to engage in de novo activities (to
engage in mortgage lending, loan servicing, and credit
related insurance agency activities) in Clearfield,
Utah, through its subsidiary, Zions Mortgage Company
(8/27/79) 3/
* * * * *

REPORTS RECEIVED
Current Report Filed Pursuant to Section 13 of the
Securities Exchange Act
Atlanta

Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company, Tampa, Florida.
* * * * *

Ownership Statement Filed Pursuant to Section 13(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act
United Citizens Bank, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
(Filed by C. Roger Harris, Sr.)
* * * * *

PETITIONS FOR RULEMAKING
None.

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