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1959: A Ghostly Memoir of Then & Now
News from the Oct. 29, 1959 edition of the Lemon Grove Review when ghosts, goblins, artists, super kids and deals galore stalked the streets of The Big Lemon.

Helen Ofield is an award-winning writer for film, TV, radio and online and print media, member of the Society of Professional Journalists, and a veteran historic preservationist in New York and California. She is president of the Lemon Grove Historical Society and former 11-year member of the San Diego County Historic Site Board. She spearheaded the saving of Lemon Grove's first church (1897) and its adaptive reuse as the Parsonage Museum of Lemon Grove, and the saving of the H. Lee House (1928) and its adaptive reuse as the city's cultural center. She conceived and directed the award-winning Lemon Grove History Mural and serves on various civic committees and boards. (See www.newpacificproductions.com for which she is managing producer.)
News from the Oct. 29, 1959 edition of the Lemon Grove Review when ghosts, goblins, artists, super kids and deals galore stalked the streets of The Big Lemon.

News from the Oct. 25, 1979 edition of the Lemon Grove Review when the hills were alive with the sound of shrieking.
News from the Oct. 16, 1958 edition of the Lemon Grove Review when the week was awash in wild-eyed, would-be thespians real and imagined.
News from the early October 1952 editions of the Lemon Grove Review, when new businesses and fresh ideas were popping up all over town.
News from the Oct. 3, 1963 edition of the Lemon Grove Review when residents were transformed into the stuff that dreams are made of.
News from the Aug. 27, 1953 edition of the Lemon Grove Review when culture, Korea, Communism and consumerism vied for public attention.