Milton

On the loading dock at Roberts Department Store

Roberts Department Store in Milton, a major landmark for many decades, received many boxes. Sometime in the 1940's or 1950's someone decided it would be nice to take a photo of the employees with a shipment. From left: Asa Walden, Chester Blake, Everette Cummings, Broaddus Ball, John Lawhorn, Alberta Morrison Roberts, a real "dummy" ( ventriloquist-style) sitting on a box in the middle, Maude Glenn, Cat Bird Jimmison or Samp Roberts, Ford Roberts and Mack Roberts. The dummy is a Charlie McCarthy, made famous by the radio show of Edgar Bergen. (photo courtesy of Betty Holbert)