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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1
                                                                    ------------

                            SECURITY BANC CORPORATION

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         WHEREAS, Securities Banc Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the
"Company"), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933 in
connection with the Security Banc Corporation 1998 Stock Option Plan (the
"Registration Statement");

         NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in the undersigned's capacity as a
director of the Company hereby appoints Harry O. Egger and J. William Stapleton,
and each of them severally, lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in the undersigned's name, place
and stead, as aforesaid, the Registration Statement, any amendments to the
Registration Statement and any and all other instruments necessary or incidental
in connection therewith, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Each of such attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and
perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act whatsoever
necessary or desirable to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do in person. The undersigned hereby ratifies and
approves the acts of such attorneys and each of them.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
18th day of August, 1998.


                                             /s/ Harry O. Egger
                                             --------------------------------
                                             HARRY O. EGGER





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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1
                                                                    ------------

                            SECURITY BANC CORPORATION

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         WHEREAS, Securities Banc Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the
"Company"), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933 in
connection with the Security Banc Corporation 1998 Stock Option Plan (the
"Registration Statement");

         NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in the undersigned's capacity as a
director of the Company hereby appoints Harry O. Egger and J. William Stapleton,
and each of them severally, lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in the undersigned's name, place
and stead, as aforesaid, the Registration Statement, any amendments to the
Registration Statement and any and all other instruments necessary or incidental
in connection therewith, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Each of such attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and
perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act whatsoever
necessary or desirable to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do in person. The undersigned hereby ratifies and
approves the acts of such attorneys and each of them.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
18th day of August, 1998.


                                             /s/ Vincent J. Demana
                                             --------------------------------
                                             VINCENT J. DEMANA




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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1
                                                                    ------------

                            SECURITY BANC CORPORATION

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         WHEREAS, Securities Banc Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the
"Company"), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933 in
connection with the Security Banc Corporation 1998 Stock Option Plan (the
"Registration Statement");

         NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in the undersigned's capacity as a
director of the Company hereby appoints Harry O. Egger and J. William Stapleton,
and each of them severally, lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in the undersigned's name, place
and stead, as aforesaid, the Registration Statement, any amendments to the
Registration Statement and any and all other instruments necessary or incidental
in connection therewith, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Each of such attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and
perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act whatsoever
necessary or desirable to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do in person. The undersigned hereby ratifies and
approves the acts of such attorneys and each of them.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
13th day of August, 1998.


                                             /s/ Larry D. Ewald
                                             --------------------------------
                                             LARRY D. EWALD




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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1
                                                                    ------------

                            SECURITY BANC CORPORATION

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         WHEREAS, Securities Banc Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the
"Company"), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933 in
connection with the Security Banc Corporation 1998 Stock Option Plan (the
"Registration Statement");

         NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in the undersigned's capacity as a
director of the Company hereby appoints Harry O. Egger and J. William Stapleton,
and each of them severally, lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in the undersigned's name, place
and stead, as aforesaid, the Registration Statement, any amendments to the
Registration Statement and any and all other instruments necessary or incidental
in connection therewith, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Each of such attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and
perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act whatsoever
necessary or desirable to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do in person. The undersigned hereby ratifies and
approves the acts of such attorneys and each of them.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
18th day of August, 1998.


                                             /s/ Larry E. Kaffenbarger
                                             --------------------------------
                                             LARRY E. KAFFENBARGER




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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1
                                                                    ------------

                            SECURITY BANC CORPORATION

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         WHEREAS, Securities Banc Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the
"Company"), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933 in
connection with the Security Banc Corporation 1998 Stock Option Plan (the
"Registration Statement");

         NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in the undersigned's capacity as a
director of the Company hereby appoints Harry O. Egger and J. William Stapleton,
and each of them severally, lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in the undersigned's name, place
and stead, as aforesaid, the Registration Statement, any amendments to the
Registration Statement and any and all other instruments necessary or incidental
in connection therewith, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Each of such attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and
perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act whatsoever
necessary or desirable to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do in person. The undersigned hereby ratifies and
approves the acts of such attorneys and each of them.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
13th day of August, 1998.


                                             /s/ Richard E. Kramer
                                             --------------------------------
                                             RICHARD E. KRAMER




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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1
                                                                    ------------

                            SECURITY BANC CORPORATION

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         WHEREAS, Securities Banc Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the
"Company"), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933 in
connection with the Security Banc Corporation 1998 Stock Option Plan (the
"Registration Statement");

         NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in the undersigned's capacity as a
director of the Company hereby appoints Harry O. Egger and J. William Stapleton,
and each of them severally, lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in the undersigned's name, place
and stead, as aforesaid, the Registration Statement, any amendments to the
Registration Statement and any and all other instruments necessary or incidental
in connection therewith, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Each of such attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and
perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act whatsoever
necessary or desirable to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do in person. The undersigned hereby ratifies and
approves the acts of such attorneys and each of them.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
18th day of August, 1998.


                                             /s/ Chester L. Walthall
                                             --------------------------------
                                             CHESTER L. WALTHALL




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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1
                                                                    ------------

                            SECURITY BANC CORPORATION

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         WHEREAS, Securities Banc Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the
"Company"), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933 in
connection with the Security Banc Corporation 1998 Stock Option Plan (the
"Registration Statement");

         NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in the undersigned's capacity as a
director of the Company hereby appoints Harry O. Egger and J. William Stapleton,
and each of them severally, lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in the undersigned's name, place
and stead, as aforesaid, the Registration Statement, any amendments to the
Registration Statement and any and all other instruments necessary or incidental
in connection therewith, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Each of such attorneys shall have full power and authority to do and
perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act whatsoever
necessary or desirable to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do in person. The undersigned hereby ratifies and
approves the acts of such attorneys and each of them.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
18th day of August, 1998.


                                             /s/ Robert A. Warren
                                             --------------------------------
                                             ROBERT A. WARREN