NOTICES

Action on Applications

[36 Pa.B. 1405]

   The Department of Banking (Department), 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 9, 2002 (P. L. 1572, No. 207), known as the Credit Union Code, has taken the following action on applications received for the week ending March 14, 2006.

BANKING INSTITUTIONS

Charters

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
3-8-06	Northwest Merger Subsidiary II, Inc. Warren Warren County		Warren	Approved
	Northwest Merger Subsidiary II, Inc. (Subsidiary II) is being formed solely to facilitate the merger of Maryland Permanent Bank & Trust Company (Maryland) with and into Northwest Savings Bank. Subsidiary II will merge with and into Maryland and its corporate existence will cease to exist.

Consolidations, Mergers and Absorptions

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
3-8-06	Northwest Savings Bank, Warren, PA, and Maryland Permanent Bank & Trust Company, Owings Mills, MD Surviving Institution-- Northwest Savings Bank		Warren	Approved

Branch Applications

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
3-1-06	Citizens & Northern Bank Wellsboro Tioga County		1510 Dewey Avenue Williamsport Lycoming County	Opened
3-2-06	Pocono Community Bank Stroudsburg Monroe County		Route 209 Brodheadsville Monroe County	Opened
3-9-06	York Traditions Bank York York County		2305 Susquehanna Trail North York Manchester Township York County	Approved
3-9-06	Allegiance Bank of North America Bala Cynwyd Montgomery County		2960 Skippack Pike Lansdale Montgomery County	Approved
3-9-06	Embassy Bank for the Lehigh Valley Bethlehem Northampton County		Trexlertown Marketplace Intersection of Hamilton Boulevard and Mill Creek Road Allentown Lower Macungie Township Lehigh County	Approved
3-9-06	Allegheny Valley Bank of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Allegheny County		333 Allegheny Avenue Oakmont Allegheny County	Approved
3-9-06	Fulton Bank Lancaster Lancaster County		116-118 West Market Street West Chester Chester County	Approved

Branch Relocations/Consolidations

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
3-9-06	Northwest Savings Bank Warren Warren County	To:	100 Market Place Drive Edinboro Washington Township Erie County	Approved
		From:	108 Washington Towne Boulevard Edinboro Washington Township Erie County
3-9-06	Fidelity Savings Bank Pittsburgh Allegheny County	To:	100 Broadway Street Carnegie Allegheny County	Approved
		From:	17 West Main Street Carnegie Allegheny County
3-10-06	Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Philadelphia County	Into:	3835 Peach Street Erie Erie County	Filed
		From:	1520 West 26th Street Erie Erie County
3-10-06	Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Philadelphia County	Into:	815 East 38th Street Erie Erie County	Filed
		From:	1702 East 38th Street Erie Erie County

Branch Discontinuances

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
3-3-06	CSB Bank Curwensville Clearfield County		BILO Supermarket Route 255 (Million Dollar Highway) St. Marys Elk County	Effective

SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS

No activity.

CREDIT UNIONS

Charter Conversions

Date	Name of Credit Union		Location	Action
3-13-06	K of C Federal Credit Union Philadelphia Philadelphia County		Philadelphia	Approved
	To:
	K of C Credit Union Philadelphia Philadelphia County
	Application represents conversion from a Federally-chartered associational-based credit union to a State-chartered community-based credit union; said conversion will be accomplished by filing Articles of Conversion with the Department of State which will include but not be limited to: the proposed name of the converted credit union and its new field of membership which will include persons who live, work, worship, perform volunteer service, attend school, and businesses and other legal entities located in the Counties of Philadelphia, Bucks, Delaware and Montgomery in this Commonwealth.
3-14-06	Diamond Credit Union Pottstown Montgomery County		Pottstown	Approved
	Application represents conversion from an occupational-based credit union to a community-based charter; said conversion will be accomplished by filing Articles of Amendment with the Department of State which will reflect an amendment to Article IV, section 7 of the credit union's Articles of Conversion to extend the field of membership of the credit union to include ''. . . persons who live, work, worship, regularly conduct business, or attend school in Berks County, Collegeville Borough, Douglass Township, East Coventry Township, East Greenville Borough, East Nantmeal Township, East Vincent Township, Green Lane Borough, Limerick Township, Lower Frederick Township, Lower Pottsgrove Township, Marlborough Township, New Hanover Township, North Coventry Township, Pennsburg Borough, Perkiomen Township, Pottstown Borough, Red HillBorough, Royersford Borough, Schwenksville Borough, Skippack Township, South Coventry Township, Spring City Borough, Trappe Borough, Upper Frederick Township, Upper Hanover Township, Upper Pottsgrove Township, Upper Providence Township, Warwick Township, West Pottsgrove Township, and West Vincent Township, Pennsylvania.''

Consolidations, Mergers and Absorptions

Date	Name of Credit Union		Location	Action
3-8-06	Greater Greensburg Industrial Credit Union, Greensburg, and Westmoreland Community Federal Credit Union, Greensburg Surviving Institution-- Westmoreland Community Federal Credit Union, Greensburg		Greensburg	Approved
3-14-06	Freedom Credit Union, Philadelphia, and The Church of the Redeemer Federal Credit Union, Philadelphia Surviving Institution-- Freedom Credit Union, Philadelphia		Philadelphia	Approved

   The Department's website at www.banking.state.pa.us includes public notices for more recently filed applications.

A. WILLIAM SCHENCK, III,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 06-490. Filed for public inspection March 24, 2006, 9:00 a.m.]

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