UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 10)

LENOX BANCORP, INC.

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

526253109

(CUSIP Number)

John C. Lame, 1260 Hayward Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45208, (513) 321-7405

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

May 4, 2001

(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§ 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box [ ].

* 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 subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this 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 shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

                                  SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No. 526253109

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     1       NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
             S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)

             John C. Lame
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     2       CHECK BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP                       (a) [ ]
                                                                    (b) [ ]

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     3       SEC USE ONLY

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     4       SOURCE OF FUNDS *
             PF
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     5       CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
             TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                                      [ ]


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     6       CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
             United States

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          NUMBER OF                7      SOLE VOTING POWER
           SHARES
        BENEFICIALLY                      28,063 shares
          OWNED BY              ------------------------------------------------
            EACH                   8      SHARED VOTING POWER
          REPORTING
           PERSON               ------------------------------------------------
            WITH                   9      SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

                                          27,979 shares
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                                  10      SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

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    11       AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

             28,319 shares
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    12       CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES        { ]
             CERTAIN SHARES

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    13       PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11);

             9.9%
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    14       TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

             IN
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                     * SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
          INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE, RESPONSES TO ITEMS 1-7
      (INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE, AND THE SIGNATURE ATTESTATION.

John C. Lame files this Amendment No. 10 to Schedule 13D solely to amend Item 4.

Item 4. Purpose of Transaction

Mr. Lame has been advised by the Office of Thrift Supervision that his Notice of Change of Control has been approved. The OTS's approval allows Mr. Lame to own up to 19.9% of Lenox Bancorp, Inc.'s outstanding shares.

Mr. Lame is accepting proxies which Lenox shareholders submit to him and will vote them according to their instructions at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for 2:30 p.m. on May 9, 2001. As previously disclosed in Mr. Lame’s proxy solicitation materials on file with the SEC, if Mr. Lame and Guy Napier are elected at the Annual Meeting, Mr. Lame intends to personally invest $250,000 in Lenox stock and use his best efforts to secure and additional $750,000 stock investment for Lenox, and, by working with Mr. Napier and Gail Behymer, replace current management with persons who have a demonstrated record of successful operations of savings banks.

Any activity of Mr. Lame in his capacity as a shareholder of Lenox may be subject to regulation by the OTS and the FDIC. Mr. Lame will advance proposals, and take actions or engage in transactions only if, as and when permitted by the OTS and FDIC regulations then applicable to him and to the extent applicable to him.

Other than as set forth above, Mr. Lame has no plans or proposals which would relate to or result in actions under any of the following paragraphs of Item 4 of Schedule 13D:

(a)

the acquisition by any person of additional securities of the Company, or the disposition of securities of the Company;

(b)

an extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger, reorganization or liquidation, involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries;

(c)

a sale or transfer of a material amount of assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries;

(d)

any change in the present board of directors or management of the Company, including any plans or proposals to change the number or term of directors or to fill any existing vacancies on the board;

(e)

any material change in the present capitalization or dividend policy of the Company;

(f)

any other material change in the Company's business or corporate structure;

(g)

changes in the Company's articles of incorporation or by-laws or other actions which may impede the acquisition of control of the Company by any person;

(h)

causing a class of securities of the Company to cease to be authorized to be quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system of a registered national securities association;

(i)

a class of equity securities of the Company becoming eligible for termination of registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; or

(j)

any action similar to any of those enumerated above.

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SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of his respective knowledge and belief, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this Statement is true, complete, and correct.

May 7, 2001

By: /s/ John C. Lame
John C. Lame

LENOX BANCORP INC SC 13D/A