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).
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