NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF BANKING

Action on Applications

[26 Pa.B. 237]

   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 January 9, 1996.

BANKING INSTITUTIONS

Holding Company Acquisitions

Date	Name of Corporation		Location	Action
1-1-96	First Union Corporation,    Charlotte, NC, to acquire 24.4% of the voting shares of ExecuFirst Bancorp, Inc., Philadelphia, PA		Charlotte, NC	Effective
1-5-96	National City Corporation,    Cleveland, OH, to acquire 100% of the voting shares of Integra Financial Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA		Cleveland, Ohio	Approved
1-5-96	Harleysville National Corporation,    Harleysville, to acquire 100% of the voting shares of Farmers & Merchants Bank (Honesdale, PA), Honesdale		Harleysville	Approved
1-5-96	CoreStates Financial Corp,    Philadelphia, to acquire 100% of the voting shares of Meridian Bancorp, Inc., Reading		Philadelphia	Filed

New Charter Applications

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
1-5-96	Wayne Interim Bank Honesdale Wayne County		Honesdale	Approved
	Subject institution will be utilized to merge with Wayne Bank, Honesdale, and the surviving institution will be acquired by Norwood Financial Corp., Honesdale, a bank holding company in organization.

Branch Applications

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
1-3-96	Founders' Bank Bryn Mawr Montgomery County		15 East Gay Street West Chester Chester County	Filed

Branch Discontinuances

Date	Name of Bank		Location	Action
12-29-95	Meridian Bank Reading Berks County		14 S. Front St. Milton Northumberland Co.	Effective
12-29-95	Integra Bank Pittsburgh Allegheny County		Penn Hills Shopping    Center 212 Rodi Road Pittsburgh Allegheny County	Effective
1-5-96	Heritage Trust Company Erie Erie County		381 Mansfield Ave. Suite 205 Pittsburgh Allegheny County	Approved

SAVINGS ASSOCIATIONS

No activity.

CREDIT UNIONS

Consolidations, Mergers and Absorptions

Date	Name of Credit Union		Location	Action
1-1-96	Butler Armco Employees Credit    Union, Butler, and Butler Memorial Hospital Credit Union, Butler surviving institution--Butler Armco Employees Credit Union, Butler		Butler	Effective

RICHARD C. RISHEL,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 96-76. Filed for public inspection January 19, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]

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