The History of the Twice Seven Book Club

My grandmother, Ruby Coughenour, belonged to the Twice Seven Book Club in Salisbury, N.C.  Members each bought one of an agreed upon set of titles and the titles than circulated among the members.  My father, Richard C. Coughenour remembered his route, delivering the books his mother had read to the next woman.

I, of course, could not resist seeing if the Twice Seven Book Club was on the Internet.  I was thrilled to find not only a reference to the club, but a reference to a meeting at my grandmother's house.  I had always thought the book club was a response to the Depression, but clearly they were already meeting in 1924.

If you look on the second page of the attached PDF of a page of the Salisbury Post Society News, you will find the snippet about that meeting.


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