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My instructor at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mrs. Jean Freeman, was featured in one of your recent magazine articles this year discussing butterflies ("A Fine Day for Butterflies," March/April). I enjoy reading your magazine because it portrays the beautification of my state, its notable sceneries and multitalented citizens, and I especially enjoyed the article on butterflies.

Dorothy Lucas

Hattiesburg

Editor's note: We were saddened to learn that writer Jean Todd Freeman, whose work is featured again in this issue in "Stephanie's Dream Garden" (page 76), recently passed away. The staff of Mississippi Magazine extends our deepest condolences to her family.

Thanks for an interesting and informative magazine. With articles ranging from the history of Mississippi, calendar of events, art, and recipes, your magazine is unique.

In your "Veteran's Day Salute" in your November/December issue, one of the Civil War letters was written by someone with a name that was a name in my grandmother's family. My grandmother, who was only 13 when her mother died, had some tintypes of her mother's family and had related to me what her mother had told her about them. I was delighted upon contacting the lady who submitted the letter to learn that it was written by the same person that I had heard my grandmother talk about. The submitter very graciously sent me a copy of the letter and referred me to her cousin who gave me some additional information, so thanks to Mississippi Magazine, I now know the "rest of the story" of the people in our tintypes.

Mildred Grace Triplet 

Clinton

Thank you for the wonderful piece, "The Boys Who Came to Dinner" (November/December). Dear Ann Bobo Warren I knew when I was in the service at Fletcher Field. I was privileged to be one of the boys who came to dinner at the Bobo house. Thanks again.

George L. Willis

Naples, Florida 

My wife and I, both Mississippians by birth, enjoy and appreciate your good magazine. It is a fine showcase for our native state and we are proud to display it in our home. Your article on Rosedale immediately caught my eye ("Where in Mississippi is... Rosedale?," May/June). When I was a youngster, I had aunts, uncles, and cousins living there, and some of my earliest memories are of trips from Greenwood to visit them. However, Rosedale is far from "between Cleveland and Greenwood" as you have stated. Might that description lead potential visitors astray? Thank you again for pleasant reading.

Howell Peebles

Tullahoma, Tennessee 

Editor's note: As Mr.Peebles points out, Rosedale is indeed actually west of Cleveland, at the junction of Mississippi Highways 8 and 1. We apologize for the error and encourage all our readers to visit this charming small town.