04-20070. Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank Holding Companies

The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and § 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 office 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 17, 2004.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (W. Arthur Tribble, Vice President) 2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:

1. Bethard Family, Coushatta, Louisiana, including James Guenard Bethard, Henry William Bethard, III, Olive Ann Bethard, Robert Edgerton Bethard, all of Coushatta, Louisiana, and Suzanne Bethard Hearne and Shirley Bethard Hegenwald, both of Shreveport, Louisiana; all acting in concert, to retain voting shares of, and to acquire additional voting shares of Coushatta Bancshares, Inc., Coushatta, Louisiana, and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of Bank of Coushatta, Coushatta, Louisiana.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, August 30, 2004.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.