[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 175 (Wednesday, September 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 47669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23864]
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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 Sec. 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 September 24, 1997.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Randall C. Sumner, Vice
President) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2034:
1. James Homer Shields, III, London, England; to acquire an
additional 2.84 percent, for a total of 11.49 percent, of the voting
shares of Sebastian Bankshares, Inc., Barling, Arkansas, and thereby
indirectly acquire River Valley Bank and Trust, Lavaca, Arkansas.
B. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Genie D. Short, Vice President)
2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
1. Judy Noe Myers, Dallas, Texas; to retain a total of 14.82
percent of the voting shares of Rusk County Bancshares, Inc.,
Henderson, Texas, and thereby indirectly retain Peoples State Bank,
Henderson, Texas.
2. Carmen P. Smith Family Limited Partnership; Carmen P. Smith; and
Peggie J. Woodruff, as General Partners, all of Wichita Falls, Texas;
to acquire 14.61 percent of the voting shares of AmeriBancShares, Inc.,
Wichita Falls, Texas, and AmeriBancShares of Delaware, Inc.,
Wilmington, Delaware, and thereby indirectly acquire American National
Bank, Wichita Falls, Texas.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 4,
1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-23864 Filed 9-9-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-F
