NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF BANKING AND SECURITIES

Actions on Applications

[44 Pa.B. 254]
[Saturday, January 11, 2014]

 The Department of Banking and Securities (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 and Securities 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 December 31, 2013.

 Under section 503.E of the Department of Banking and Securities Code (71 P. S. § 733-503.E), any person wishing to comment on the following applications, with the exception of branch applications, may file their comments in writing with the Department of Banking and Securities, Corporate Applications Division, 17 North Second Street, Suite 1300, Harrisburg, PA 17101-2290. Comments must be received no later than 30 days from the date notice regarding receipt of the application is published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. The nonconfidential portions of the applications are on file at the Department and are available for public inspection, by appointment only, during regular business hours. To schedule an appointment, contact the Corporate Applications Division at (717) 783-2253. Photocopies of the nonconfidential portions of the applications may be requested consistent with the Department's Right-to-Know Law Records Request policy.

BANKING INSTITUTIONS

Conversions

Date	Name and Location of Applicant			Action
12-23-2013	From: Kishacoquillas Valley National Bank of Belleville Belleville Mifflin County			Approved
	To: Kish Bank Belleville Mifflin County
	Application for approval to convert from a National banking association to Pennsylvania State-chartered bank and trust company.
12-27-2013	From: Kishacoquillas Valley National Bank of Belleville Belleville Mifflin County			Effective
	To: Kish Bank Belleville Mifflin County
	Conversion from a National banking association to a Pennsylvania State-chartered bank and trust company. Kish Bank is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kish Bancorp, Inc. (#5028560), Belleville, an existing bank holding company.
	Branch offices operated by Kish Bank:
#7661	15 Gateway Drive Reedsville Mifflin County	#7662	5473 McAlevy's Fort Road Petersburg Huntingdon County
#7663	518 Electric Avenue Lewistown Mifflin County	#7664	9471 William Penn Highway Huntingdon Huntingdon County
#7665	12522 William Penn Highway Mill Creek Huntingdon County	#7666	17 East John Street McVeytown Mifflin County
#7667	115 South Main Street Lewistown Mifflin County	#7668	25 Gateway Drive Reedsville Mifflin County
#7669	1961 South Atherton Street State College Centre County	#7670	2610 Green Tech Drive State College Centre County
#7671	205 Park Place Bellefonte Centre County	#7672	30 Carriage House Lane Reedsville Mifflin County
12-27-2013	From: Jim Thorpe National Bank Jim Thorpe Carbon County			Approved
	To: Jim Thorpe Neighborhood Bank Jim Thorpe Carbon County
	Application for approval to convert from a National banking association to a Pennsylvania State-chartered bank.
12-30-2013	From: Jim Thorpe National Bank Jim Thorpe Carbon County			Effective
	To: Jim Thorpe Neighborhood Bank Jim Thorpe Carbon County
	Conversion from a National banking association to a Pennsylvania State-chartered bank. Jim Thorpe Neighborhood Bank is a wholly-owned subsidiary of JTNB Bancorp, Inc. (#5028561), Jim Thorpe, an existing bank holding company.
	Branch offices operated by Jim Thorpe Neighborhood Bank:
#7673	418 Center Street Jim Thorpe Carbon County	#7674	1397 State Route 903 Jim Thorpe Carbon County
#7675	145 South 4th Street Lehighton Carbon County	#7676	301 West Catawissa Street Nesquehoning Carbon County
#7677	430 West Patterson Street Lansford Carbon County

Holding Company Acquisitions

Date	Name and Location of Applicant			Action
12-30-2013	ESSA Bank and Trust Stroudsburg Monroe County			Filed
	Application for approval to acquire 100% of Franklin Security Bancorp, Inc., Wilkes-Barre, and thereby indirectly acquire 100% of Franklin Security Bank, Wilkes-Barre.

Consolidations, Mergers and Absorptions

Date	Name and Location of Applicant			Action
12-30-2013	ESSA Bank and Trust Stroudsburg Monroe County			Filed
	Application for approval to merge Franklin Security Bank, Wilkes-Barre, with and into ESSA Bank and Trust, Stroudsburg.

Branch Applications

De Novo Branches

Date	Name and Location of Applicant		Location of Branch	Action
12-16-2013	Somerset Trust Company Somerset Somerset County	#7632	1176 National Pike Hopwood Fayette County	Opened
12-23-2013	Royal Bank America Narberth Montgomery County		231 St. Asaph's Road Bala Cynwyd Montgomery County	Filed
12-30-2013	CNB Bank Clearfield Clearfield County		4545 West Dublin Granville Road Dublin Franklin County, OH	Filed

SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS

Conversions

Date	Name and Location of Applicant			Action
12-24-2013	From: Fidelity Savings and Loan Association of Bucks County Bristol Bucks County			Filed
	To: Fidelity Savings and Loan Association of Bucks County Bristol Bucks County
	Application for approval to convert from a Pennsylvania State-chartered savings and loan association to a Pennsylvania State-chartered savings bank.

CREDIT UNIONS

Consolidations, Mergers and Absorptions

Date	Name and Location of Applicant			Action
12-27-2013	Butler Armco Employees Credit Union Butler Butler County			Approved
	Application for approval to merge Penn Drake Credit Union, Karns City, with and into Butler Armco Employees Credit Union, Butler.

 The Department's web site at www.dobs.state.pa.us includes public notices for more recently filed applications.

GLENN E. MOYER, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 14-83. Filed for public inspection January 10, 2014, 9:00 a.m.]

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