In this 1989 episode of The Joyce Gay Report, a PBS production, Gay highlights the First National Bank of Bastrop on the occasion of its centennial celebration. The segment opens with a history of banking in the United States and Texas before focusing on the First National Bank, special because of its continuing strength and customer service focus. Gay interviews Cecil B. Long, the bank’s president, and other employees about their service and the institution’s history. We hear about an attempted bank robbery and a clever trick to keep the bank from closing during hard times. The program ends with a celebration and promises of continued service and strength into the future.