In a building that currently houses Travel Time, Dairyco used to sell dairy products, including soft-serve ice cream

THOMASVILLE — A fresh account about the history of the giant milk carton on US. Hwy 84 has emerged.

According to Glenn Burton, the replica milk carton standing a couple of miles east of Thomasville was built by his grandfather H.D. Burton and his two sons, George and Harold — not Thomas J. Glaze as reported in Tuesday’s edition of the Times-Enterprise. The carton was built at the spot it is sitting on and is made of concrete blocks, Glenn Burton said.

According to Burton, the original carton was built in the early 1960s. He added that the first of a few logos on the milk carton belonged to Dairyco, a co-op of farmers based in Quitman.

A 1957 photo of Glaze’s milk carton was emblazoned with “Dairyland.”

“Now I’m not sure who painted the milk carton. maybe (Glaze) did,” said Burton. “It’s still sitting on my cousin’s land.”

Glaze’s daughter, Linda Glaze, also said her father designed Coca-Cola’s iconic script logo. According to Coca-Cola’s website, it was designed by John Pemberton in 1885.