A batch of 24 yearbooks from the High Point Museum and the Heritage Research Center at High Point Public Library is now available on our site. Several in the volumes in this batch are yearbooks from High Point Memorial Hospital, now High Point Hospital School of Nursing.

Ironically, one of the events featured in the 1977 edition of The Lighted Lamp is “the night the lights went out.” The good news is that the event refers to the spring prom rather than a night at the hospital, and the power was eventually restored. The description of the event sets the scene well, describing students preparing for the big night:

“They worked really hard while at Butner making hula girls, treasure chests, and other various decorations. Afterwards, they vigorously scrubbed the carpets and the walls that had been splattered with paint. And then they had to lug all of this back to High Point in the back of an El Camino in pouring down rain.”

Sadly, once everyone arrived in their formalwear, there was no electricity, “all because of a dumb old storm.” For an hour and a half, the prom progressed in “romantic candlelight” until the power came back on.

You can see the full batch of yearbooks here, and you can browse our full collection of digital yearbooks by school, location, and year in our North Carolina Yearbooks collection. To see more from High Point Museum, you can visit their partner page here and their website here. To see more from the Heritage Research Center at High Point Public Library, you can visit their partner page here and their website here.