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SCHEDULE 13-G

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No._______)*

Parkvale Financial Corporation
(Name of Issuer)

COMMON STOCK
(Title of Class of Securities)

70149210
(CUSIP Number)

Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this statement. (A fee is not required only if the filling person: (1) has a previous statement on file re porting benenfical ownership of more than five percent of the class of securities described in Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of such class.) (See Rule 13d-7).

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any sbsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of theis cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but hsall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

SEC 1745 (2-95)

CUSIP No. 701149210
                                13-G


1       NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
        SS or IRS IDENTIFICATION NO OF ABOVE PERSON

        Beck, Mack & Oliver LLC
        13-0477010
2       CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*

                                                                                (a)  [__]
                                                                                (b)  [__]
3       SEC USE ONLY


4       CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

        New York


NUMBER OF               5       SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES                                  -0-
BENEFICIALLY            6       SHARED VOTING POWER
OWNED BY                                        -0-
EACH                            7       SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING                                       -0-
PERSON                  8       SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH                                            366,431 SHARES



9       AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
PERSON          366,431 SHARES

10      CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROM (9) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES*


11      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
        7.18%

12      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *
        1A


General Instructions:

Item 1

a.  Name of Issuer Parkvale Financial Corp.
b.  Address of Issuer:  4220 William Penn Highway, Monroeville, PA  15146

Item 2

Name of Company Filing

a.  Beck, Mack & Oliver
b.  330 Madison Avenue,New York, NY  10017-5001
c.  New York
d.  Common
e.  Cusip# 70149210

Item 3

Investment Advisor

Item 4

a.  Amount Benefically owned 366,431 shares
b.  Percent of Class  7.18%
c.  (i) (ii) (iii)  N/A
    (iv)  366,431 shares

Item 5

NA

Item 6

Ownership of more than five percent on behalf of another person

The securities covered by this statement are owned by investment
advisory clients of Beck, Mack & Oliver LLC.  These clients have
the right to recieve or the power to direct the receipt of
dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, such securities.
No one of these clients owns more than 5% of such class of securities.

Item 7

N/A

Item 8

N/A

Item 9

N/A

Item 10

We are filing electronically, no manually, therefore we are no supplying a
signature area.