NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF BANKING

Action on Applications

[37 Pa.B. 673]
[Saturday, February 10, 2007]

   Notice is hereby given that 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 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 January 30, 2007.

BANKING INSTITUTIONS

Interim Charter Application

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
1-30-07	Alliance Interim Savings Bank Broomall Delaware County		Broomall	Effective
	The Interim Bank is being formed for the sole purpose of merging with and into Greater Delaware Valley Savings Bank in conjunction with that institution's reorganization involving the creation of a mid-tier stock thrift holding company and conversion of its existing mutual holding company to a Federal charter (see below).
1-30-07	Sussex Interim Bank Westfall Township Pike County		Westfall Township, PA	Approved
	Interim bank to be chartered solely to facilitate the ability of Sussex Bank, Franklin, NJ, a NJ State-chartered bank, to establish a branch office in PA (see below).

Mutual Holding Company Reorganization

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
1-30-07	Greater Delaware Valley Savings Bank, d/b/a Alliance Bank Broomall Delaware County		Broomall	Effective
	Alliance Interim Savings Bank (see above) was merged with and into Greater Delaware Valley Savings Bank, to effect the creation of the mid-tier stock thrift holding company, Alliance Bancorp, Inc., Broomall, which will be majority-owned by Greater Delaware Valley Holdings, a Mutual Company, Broomall, which will simultaneously change its name to Alliance Mutual Holding Company and also convert to a Federal mutual thrift holding company.

Holding Company Acquisitions

Date	Name of Corporation		Location	Action
1-29-07	EHPW Acquisition Company, Harrisburg, to acquire 100% of the Common Stock of Vartan Financial Corporation, and thereby Indirectly Acquire Vartan National Bank, Harrisburg, under section 115 of the Banking Code		Harrisburg	Approved
1-30-07	Sussex Bancorp, Franklin, NJ, to acquire 100% of Sussex Interim Bank, Westfall Township, PA, which will then be merged with and into Sussex Bank, Franklin, NJ, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Sussex Bankcorp, under section 115 of the Banking Code		Franklin, NJ	Approved
1-30-07	GSB Acquisition Corp., Bala Cynwyd, to acquire 100% of the voting shares of Guard Security Bank, Plains, a Federal Stock Savings Bank, under section 115 of the Banking Code		Bala Cynwyd	Approved

Consolidations, Mergers and Absorptions

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
1-29-07	Centra Bank, Inc., Morgantown, WV, and Centra Bank-Smithfield, PA Surviving Institution-- Centra Bank, Inc., Morgantown, WV		Morgantown, WV	Effective

Branch Applications

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
1-25-07	Irwin Bank and Trust Company Irwin Westmoreland County		Huntingdon Marketplace Highway 30 and I-76 Irwin Westmoreland County	Filed

Branch Relocations

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
1-8-07	First Commonwealth Bank Indiana Indiana County	To:	Wagner Road and Center Commons Blvd. Monaca Beaver County	Effective
		From:	693 Beaver Valley Mall Monaca Beaver County

SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS

No activity.

CREDIT UNIONS

No activity.

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

VICTORIA A. REIDER,   
Acting Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 07-206. Filed for public inspection February 9, 2007, 9:00 a.m.]

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