Amherstburg Echo Newspaper Canada was founded in November 1874 by William D. Balfour and John A. Auld. Upon Balfour’s death in 1896, Arthur W. Marsh came to Amherstburg and joined Auld at the Echo. Shortly after arriving here Arthur married Bessie Hicks and they raised a son and a daughter, John and Helen.
When Auld died in 1924, John Marsh had just graduated from McGill University and joined his father at the paper. Helen was teaching at Amherstburg Public School. After Arthur Marsh was killed in a car accident in 1940, Helen joined her brother John at the Echo and the two operated the weekly newspaper until 1980, when Helen retired following a bout with poor health.