The Old Mail System of the Gordon Post Office

In the years before 1928, residents of the Gordon area picked up their mail from boxes on old No. 7 highway at Lilyfield. Frank Worch, a CNR section foreman, lived in a section house at Gordon with his wife and five children. She looked after the mail.

In 1928 he built a new house on the corner at Gordon. He had a small store and post office on the front of it. The mail was picked up at 10:00 a.m. and dropped off the train at 3:00 p.m. every day during the week, then sorted at the store. In 1935 Mike Myska bought the property and became the Postmaster. Later on delivery was changed to three days a week: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

In 1950 the property was purchased by Arthur Peterson. Art’s daughter, Jean, and her husband, Jim Patterson, moved into the house and took charge of the Post Office.

In 1951 Edith and Art Morrison, who lived in the Garage at Gordon on No. 6 highway, took over the post office business. The mail still had to be picked up from the train three days a week. Eventually post boxes were installed beside the Garage. This was Postal Agency #1, the first in Manitoba. People bought keys for their boxes at $1.50 or $2.00 a key. When new boxes were installed in front of the Elevator house, people returned the keys and got their money back. The mail was delivered and sorted for the individual boxes by Mr. Murphy from Winnipeg and the Post Office address was changed to Group 201, RR #2, and Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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