[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 125 (Monday, June 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 35177]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17026]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of Banks 
or Bank Holding Companies

    The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank 
Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and Sec.  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 offices 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 July 15, 1997.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (A. Linwood Gill III, Assistant 
Vice President) 701 East Byrd Street, Richmond, Virginia 23261-4528:
    1. Estrin Associates, L.L.C. and Estrin Family Limited Partnership, 
Bethesda, Maryland; to acquire an additional 11.06 percent, for a total 
of 13.52 percent, of the voting shares of GrandBanc, Inc. (formerly FWB 
Bancorporation), Rockville, Maryland, and thereby indirectly acquire 
GrandBank (formerly FWB Bank), Rockville, Maryland.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (D. Michael Manies, 
Assistant Vice President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 
64198-0001:
    1. John D. Porter, Jr., Mount Hope, Kansas; to retain a total of 
32.92 percent, and Nancy L. Hill, Burrton, Kansas, to retain a total of 
32.13 percent, of the voting shares of Mount Hope Bancshares, Inc., 
Mount Hope, Kansas, and thereby indirectly retain First National Bank 
of Mount Hope, Mount Hope, Kansas.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 25, 1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-17026 Filed 6-27-97; 8:45 am]
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