NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF BANKING

Action on Applications

[31 Pa.B. 3961]

   The Department of Banking of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, under the authority contained in the act of November 30, 1965 (P. L. 847, No. 356), known as the Banking Code of 1965; the act of December 14, 1967 (P. L. 746, No. 345), known as the Savings Association Code of 1967; the act of May 15, 1933 (P. L. 565, No. 111), known as the Department of Banking Code; and the act of December 19, 1990 (P. L. 834, No. 198), known as the Credit Union Code, has taken the following action on applications received for the week ending July 10, 2001.

BANKING INSTITUTIONS

Holding Company Acquisitions

Date	Name of Corporation		Location	Action
7-1-01	Fulton Financial Corporation,    Lancaster, to acquire 100% of outstanding shares of Drovers Bancshares Corporation, York		Lancaster	Effective

Consolidations, Mergers and Absorptions

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
7-2-01	First Star Savings Bank Bethlehem Northampton		Bethlehem	Effective
	Purchase of assets/assumptions of liabilities of one branch office of Main Street Bank, Reading, Located at:
	1430 Jacobsburg Road Wind Gap Plainfield Township Northampton County

Branch Applications

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
7-5-01	Northwest Savings Bank Warren Warren County		108 Washington    Towne Boulevard Edinboro Erie County	Approved
7-5-01	Minersville Safe Deposit    Bank & Trust Company Minersville Schuylkill County		452 S. Lehigh St. Frackville Schuylkill County	Approved

Branch Discontinuances

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
7-2-01	The Drovers & Mechanics Bank York York County		30 W. Patrick St. Frederick Frederick County Maryland	Effective
	Note:  In conjunction with the acquisition of Drovers Bancshares Corporation, York, by Fulton Financial Corporation, Lancaster, the previously-noted branch office was sold to Hagerstown Trust Company, Hagerstown, MD, a Maryland state-chartered bank and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fulton Financial Corporation.

Articles of Amendment

Date	Name of Bank		Purpose	Action
7-6-01	Suburban Community Bank Chalfont Bucks County	To provide for the amendment to Article Seventh which provides for the elimi- nation of cumulative voting in the election of directors; and the addition of Article Tenth, permitting Board of Directors' consideration of non- economic factors in the evaluation of various acquisition offers.		Approved and Effective

SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS

   No activity.

CREDIT UNIONS

Articles of Amendment

Date	Name of Credit Union		Purpose	Action
7-10-01	North Districts Credit Union Gibsonia Allegheny County	The amendment to Article 1 provides for a change in name to North Districts Community Credit Union; Amendment to Article 8 provides for a change in the field of membership (see following note).		Approved and Effective
	The subject Articles of Amendment were necessitated by the conversion of the credit union's charter from an ''occupational credit union'' to a ''community credit union.'' Said conversion was Approved by the Department of Banking on 7-6-01.

Branch Applications

Date	Name of Credit Union		Location	Action
6-25-01	HVHS Credit Union Sewickley Allegheny County		1000 Dutch Ridge Rd. Beaver Beaver County	Opened

JAMES B. KAUFFMAN, Jr.,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 01-1312. Filed for public inspection July 20, 2001, 9:00 a.m.]

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