Club Membership


Membership in St. Boniface Belgian Club

Above is a receipt for partial payment ($1.00) for one $4.00 share ("een aandeelen van vier dollars") for a life membership ("Inschryving") for Julien Maartens. It is signed by F. Claeys, Treasurer ("Schatbewaarder" = "fortune keeper"), L. De Nobele, President ("Voortzitter" = "front sitter") and A. Doigny, Secretary ("Sekretaris"). Issued Feb 1st, 1906.

It is interesting that there still is no annual membership fee.
But then, Belgians still accuse one another of being a "vrek" or "griegaard"
(miser, skinflint, penny pincher).