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By Stewart Sutheriand Chronicle staff writer Waterloo‘s retail water rates will increase from 13 cents per cubic metre to 14 cents next year. a hike of 7.15 per cent. The rate increase. apâ€" proved at the regular Counâ€" cil meeting Monday night. means the average residenâ€" !customer will pay about 0 more for their water in Earlier in the week, Mayor Marjorie Carroll who chairs a threeâ€"city water conservation group. predictâ€" ed that water rates would increase substantially if the College students complete relay race for charity 125th Year No. 45 Chronicle staft writer Nearly 200 students of St. Jerome‘s and Notre Dame Colâ€" k:s at the University of Waterloo staged their Fourth Anâ€" 1 1600 km Charity Run over the weekend in an effort to raise $4.400 The students participated in a continuous fourâ€" day relay race on the university‘s ring road ~Our aim this year is to raise money for the local chapter of the March of Dimes to assist them in the purchase of two motorâ€"powered wheel chairs.‘‘ said John Michiels. run chairman ~Last year‘s run saw the students raise $4.300, an inâ€" crease of $1.000 over the previous year‘s goal." Michiels said Federated Appeal This money was donated to St Mary‘s Hospital in Kitchener to purchase an arthroscope. a device used in the treatment of knee injumes Students from both colleges canvassed campus residen ces. shopping plazas and residential areas in Kitchenerâ€"Wa terloo Letters were sent to individuals. industries and bu sinesses asking them to support the run _ pledges _ _ net $500,000 Chronicle staff writer Over $500,000 in pledges have been raised so far by nearly 500 Kâ€"W and area Federated Appeal volunâ€" teers. [ . The funds will be used to help operate the appeal‘s 28 participating agencies in 1980. â€" Mike Benton, campaign chairman, says a pacesetâ€" ter campaign, completed in September by 21 area companies and employee groups, gave the current campaign "an extremely good start.‘" The pacesetter campaign netted advance pledges of $334,000. Benton says hbis committee is optimistic the camâ€" paign target of $1,150,000 will be reached by Nov. 16 when the campaign officially ends. _ a The volunteer canvassers are calling on several thousand Twin Cities companies and employee groups including retailers, and professional groups such as iawyers. doctors and accountants. * ‘‘The enthusiasm and morale among these volunâ€" teers is extremely high,"" Benton said. ‘"Feedback I get from individual canvassers reâ€"afâ€" firms the fact that citizens in this community are very responsive to the needs of others,"‘ he added. _ Final campaign results will be announced during an achievement luncheon for canvassers and agencies on Nov. 22 at Bingeman Park, Kitchener. Comment ............ SPOFLTS . .. ... .. .. ..... BUsINess .. ........... Classified ............ Waterloo water rates up in 1980 ° Inside Region was to find new sources of water supply "I think our water rates in this region have been exâ€" tremely reasonable,"‘ _ Mayor Carroll said. "I think perhaps we have gone too much into debentures and this sort of thing on some of our capital expenditures That‘s not a good move. I think we should be paying more as we go for the water that we use." Mayor Carroll had preâ€" dicted a substantial hike in rates by 1981 Jim Willis, city engineer, told council that presently about 56 per cent of residenâ€" yc ce r n on s Oâ€"Z en sls se â€" 1423 mss on css 10 k aalasks. 21â€"22 Wednesday, November 7, 1979 tial meters have been conâ€" verted to metric reading while billings ace still in the imperial unit of 100 cubic feet. He said it appears reaâ€" sonable to convert to metric billing at this time for all meters ~ In other business, council approved a recommendaâ€" Lest we forget... At 10 o‘clock on a hot August morning in 1914, eight German cavalrymen wearing ornate helmets and carâ€" rying lances rode grandly up to a French sentry post near the border town of Belfort A French corporal named Andre Peugeot bellowed out a challenge. A German lieutenant drew his pistol and three shots Laurier‘s Barry Quarrell (72) leaps high in the air Saturday in an attempt to knook down the pass intended for Western‘s Dan Dominico. The Mustang player juggled the bail and didn‘t have conâ€" trol until he was out of bounds so the play was incomplete. Mustangs weren‘t though as they did Report is on page 14. Members of the 118th infantry unit board a train at the Waterioo train station around 1915, on their way to fight in the "war to end all wars". total number on Laurier to win 28â€"12 and win the OUAA Western Division championship. tion that road resurfacing not be considered ‘*reconâ€" struction‘‘ and that it should be financed by means other than the Local Improveâ€" ment Act. The Act covers construcâ€" tion and reconstruction of streets, curbs and sidewalks primarily, in the older secâ€" tions of the city. Residents are assessed every 10 years. Both the City and the Ministry of Transportation and Comâ€" munications cover a portion of the assessment. It was also decided that the use of the Act be reâ€" Waterloo, Ontario echoed across the countryside. The first smashed into a poplar tree, the second tore into Peugeot‘s chest: the third splintered a plum tree. Peugeot managed to squeeze off three shots in return, dropping the Gerâ€" man soldier from his horse. He then collapsed dead (Continued on page 7) tained for construction and reconstruction of municipal services. The fixed rates for this will be adopted annualâ€" ly ‘"‘This will go a long way towards rectifying past inâ€" justices,""‘ Alderman Riâ€" chard Biggs said 15 Cents