 Both John and Helen continued to write a column for a few years after the sale before settling into retirement.John and Helen Marsh helped found the "Marsh Collection Society", a local history centre where many have come and continue to come to research the history of the area.James owned the "Echo" until the early 1990s when he sold the "Echo" and its historic location at 238 Dalhousie St. to Bowes Publishers Limited, which eventually became part of Sun Media..