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The increase will boost the salaries of aldermen to $4,460 a year from $4,250. The . mayor‘s salary will increase to $15,275 from $14,550. Mr. Middlemass succeeds M.W. _ ‘"Speck" _ Turner who has been chamber manâ€" ager for 15 years. Mr. Turnâ€" er will retire early in March. By Howard Elliott Regional Chairman Jack Young feels a lof better about his job now that he‘s been formally elected. In his remarks to Waterloo Regional Council‘s inauâ€" gural meeting after his election, Mr. Young said that he was glad he was no longer an ‘"appointed official". He added that he hoped council would continue to make headway in the next two yvears Regional Council‘s inauâ€" "I think the election gural meeting after his really woke up Mr. Young election. Mr. Young said and the Regional staff." that he was glad he was Ssaid Mayor Rosenberg. He no longer an ‘"appointed Said that he thought Chairâ€" official. He added that man Young would be much he hoped council would more conscious of the feelâ€" continue to make headway Ings of the municipalities in the next two years now that he‘s seen Turnâ€" Even the stalwart supâ€" bull‘s bid for the chairâ€" porters of Waterloo Alderâ€" \manship man Brian Turnbull seemâ€" _ One _ interesting _ thing ed to feel that the election â€" about the result of the elecâ€" wasn‘t in vain despite Turnâ€" _ tion was that all but two bull‘s 16 to eight loss rural _ council _ _ members Council gets 5 % wag C h lke <ge * ‘~ 2s R. Jack Middlemass of 155 Chapel St. Kitchener has been named manager of the Waterloo Chamber of _ Commerce _ effective Feb. 1. A native of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Mr. Middleâ€" mass was active in junior chamber of _ commerce work in that province. He also served as provincial chairman of the junior chamber of commerce. In his home town he workâ€" ed for Richardson Securities as a ‘"commodity man" and the Industrial Acceptâ€" ance Corporation. Before moving to Kitchener in 1971, he worked in Sault Ste. Marie and Kingston. Waterloo councillors votâ€" ed themselves a 5 percent salary increase Monday in council committee, acceptâ€" ing the recommendation of a citizens‘ salary review The lone opponent to the salary increases was Ald. Bob Cruise. He _ voted against the increases beâ€" Locally he has been a member ~of the Kiwanis Club and was elected club Young wins chairmanship Middlemass _ ;. o % a d 1 is hired for chamber post â€" Brian Turnbull won point but lost election waterioo chronicle 122nd Year No. 2 Kitchener Mayor Morley Rosenberg, the man who nominated Turnbull, feels that a number of worthâ€" while accomplishments came out of the election. The wage increases were recommended by a special committee on the remunâ€" eration for elected officials, composed of representatives from the labor council, the chamber of commerce, the professions, the news media and the city‘s finance deâ€" partment. * One _ interesting _ thing about the result of the elecâ€" tion was that all but two rural _ council _ members The 1976 council receivâ€" ed the salary hike recomâ€" mendations several months ago but they could not be enacted until the new council was sworn in. cause "I feel I‘m compenâ€" sated adequately."‘ There are presently 350 chamber _ members. The chamber office is housed in a Bavarianâ€"style chalet in front of Waterloo Square. It will move to a new locaâ€" tion at the corner of King St. and Bridgeport Rd. in a month to make way for the expansion of the square. president in October. He has been actively involved in Waterloo minor sports as chairman of the Waterloo tyke baseball league. Mr. Middlemass, 40, will earn a salary of about $14,000 a year in his new post. One of his first priorâ€" ities will be to embark on a reorganization of the strucâ€" ture of the chamber and the reconstitution of sevâ€" eral standing committees said Jim Reid, the chamâ€" ber‘s viceâ€"president. We are going to attempt to increase our membership and hopefully provide better service to our members," said Mr. Reid. Wednesday, January 12, 1977 "Clair Creek study resurrected Waterloo‘s administraâ€" twe committee will study the costs, terms of refâ€" erence and aims of a Clair Creek _ watershed _ study proposed Monday by Ald. Mary Jane Mewhinnevy. Another point that was brought up at the inauguâ€" ral meeting was the posâ€" sibility of having the next election for regional chairâ€" man open to public vote rather than having the reâ€" gional council vote alone Wellesley Mayor Conrad Rupnow was another counâ€" cil member who voted for Brian Turnbull Three young faces mirror excitement, fear and enjoyment as students from Northdale public school toâ€" boggan down a hill behind the school. In addition to school hills, Waterloo community services departâ€" ment has provided two toboggan runs in Waterloo and Centennial parks for safe sliding. Mayor Rupnow doesn‘t think the election for reâ€" voted in favor of Brian Turnbull. Those two were Coun. Irvin Brubacher _ from Woolwich Township, and Mayor Ernie Ritz of Wilâ€" mot Township. gional _ chairman _ should be open to public vote. "I don‘t think the elecâ€" tion should be open to the electorate at large beâ€" cause it would complicate matters too much. The council members have a better idea of what qualiâ€" fications _ the _ candidate should have," Mayor Rupâ€" now said. The _ Wellesley â€"Mayor was also surprised at the outcome of the election. "I thought it was anyâ€" one‘s game until the very end,"" he said. Like most other _ council _ _members Mayor Rupnow didn‘t think that the entire Cambridge Ald. Mewhinney proposed the study in council comâ€" mittee Monday as a first step towards formulating a city policy on creeks and watersheds. The Clair Creek waterâ€" Watesloo, Ontario He doesn‘t agree though, that the election results indicate dissatisfaction on the part of the rural muâ€" nicipalities alone delegation would vote for Jack Young. Mayor _ Rupnow _ voted for Brian Turnbull because he felt that» Turnbull had a.â€"good solid platform highâ€" lighted by his ideas for an immediate _ Regional _ reâ€" view. He agrees with Mayor Rosenberg on the point that the election will make Chairman _ Young _ more aware of feelings around the region. shed, the proposed site for several housing developâ€" ments, has been the subâ€" ject of considerable conâ€" troversy for the past year. Residents of the Beechwood area have voiced stronglyâ€" ‘"There _ are â€" certainly Newly elected Cambridge Mayor Erwin Nelson and the rest of the Cambridge delegation played an imâ€" (Continued on page 2) _ine review is a good idea. I want to maintain a two tier system, not a one tier system. We have to maintain autonomy at the local level," said the Mayâ€" or. worded fears that developâ€" ment along the creek will destroy Clair Lake and impede creek flows. They have pressed hard for a creek study before developâ€" (Continued on page 2) Wellesley‘s _ Mayor _ is happy about the proposed Regional review. some people who are disâ€" satisfied with the actions of the Region, but I don‘t think they are limited to the rural municipalities," Mayor Rupnow said. 10 Cents