Article, News pioneer dies, 2001 Physical description Obituary for Ethel Steel. She and her husband, Les founded the early Whitehorse paper, 'The Local Advertiser' in the mid 1950's. Their son, Barry also worked on the paper as a printer. She was a volunteer at Box Hill Hospital for 25 years. Summary Obituary for Ethel Steel. Keywords newspapers, the local advertiser, steel, ethel, steel, les, steel, barry, box hill hospital