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(st COURIER-POST, CHERRY HILL, N.J. Friday, June 24, 1977 courier post Trouble Crosson The motor is running I took an outboard motor to the Sears Service Department in Pennsauken in February. They kept the motor for six weeks and finally returned it after I called the store several times. I paid $52 for the job, but when I used it the following weekend I found it had not been fixed. I returned the motor to Sears for further repairs and was assured that it would be fixed the next day.

As of now, I still haven't gotten my motor back. RAYMOND O. BARTELL Blackwood Your motor is repaired. Sears' assistant manager, John Hare, said the store called your house to let you know that the motor i is ready to be picked up. There will be no charge for the repairs this time around since you had already paid for repairs but got an incomplete job.

The weather's on your side, so get over to the service center to pick the motor up. Happy boating! Tax refund on the way I filed a state income tax return form way back in February. I was supposed to get a refund of more than $20, but I haven't received anything yet. Other people I know who filed at the same time or later already have received their checks. I'd like to know why I'm waiting so long.

I need the money. E. C. Gloucester We hope you've already decided what you're going to spend the money on because a $51 refund check was issued to you on June 15. Taxation Division Director Sidney Glaser said your check is in the mail and should be arriving any day.

If you haven't already gotten it, be on the look out for it. Save these addresses! In response to reader requests: You can send complaints about appliance interference and other annoyances caused by CB transmissions to the Federal Communications Commission, Room 11425, U.S. Courthouse, 601 Market Philadelphia, Pa. 19106. Merchant Green Stamps can still be redeemed for cash or merchandise.

Send the books, or your request for a catalogue, to Merchant Green Stamps, P.O. Box 808, Bala Cynwyd, Pa. 19004. The local mail order redemption center for Sperry Hutchinson Co. is Jenkins Enterprises 103 S.

Franklin Pleasantville, N.J. 08232. Postscript The following questions and answers on federal tax matters are provided by the New Jersey District Office of the Internal Revenue Service: I didn't claim the Earned Income Credit when I filed my 1976 return. I met the test, so I think I should have claimed it. Do I have to file an amended return to make the claim? Yes.

The Earned Income Credit is available to anyone who earned less than $8,000 in 1976 and maintained a household where they lived with their child who either is under 19 or is a student. If the child is disabled, you may qualify for the credit, regardless of his age. If you qualify, you may be entitled to receive money back. To amend the return you will need form 1040X, available free from the IRS. Additional information is available by ordering, free from the IRS, Publication 596, "Tax Benefits for Low-Income Individuals." My last paycheck was larger than the one before because my withholding was reduced.

My boss said it was because of a new tax bill that was just passed. Does this mean I'll owe less taxes next year? The Tax Reduction and Simplification Act of 1977 increased the standard deduction for married persons to a flat $3,200, and lowered the standard deduction for single taxpayers to $2,200. If you are married, file a joint return and claim the standard deduction next year (assuming your income remains the same), you will owe less in taxes for the year. The same is true for single persons except those with adjusted gross incomes over $13,750. Single persons with adjusted gross incomes over $13,750 who claim the standard deduction will pay more taxes for 1977 than they did in 1976.

Troubleshooter solves problems, gets help, cuts red tape, finds the answers to questions, rights wrongs and tries to make dreams come true. For help, write Troubleshooter, Courier-Post, Camden, N.J. 08101. Include copies of documents, full name, address and phone number. No phone calls, please.

Shearling sheer fashion Shows up in all lengths, in linings, for warmth By RUTH OLIS Courier-Post Fashion Editor NEW YORK Remember the Marlboro man in his rugged shearling jacket? Well, now fashion is coming up with what looks like the Marlboro woman. There are rugged shearling styles aplenty for fall and winter and they are not meant strictly for the country. The new outerwear will keep a woman toasty warm no matter whether she's going to the local supermarket, PTA meeting or having luncheon in town. Shearling is showing up in all lengths, or in linings or collar treatments for next season. Long shearling coasts, parkas, vests and jackets some copying those old World War I aviator jackets paraded through trend-setting collections during this week's American Designer showings for the press.

For a look that is both rugged and feminine, some designers put a shearling jacket over a challis print skirt. Almost anything goes, in outerwear it seems, as long as the purpose is to keep a female warm when the winter chill sets in. There are coats and capes that cover the head with a hood and then sweep down to flap around the ankles. OTHER COATS come with shawl collars and look almost like big bathrobes. There are coats in bold horse blanket plaids and in soft baby blanket colors.

Some designers work on the theory that two coats are better than one. Frequently, one coat is layered over another i in a contrasting fabric. For instance a tweed trench coat is tossed over a white flannel trench. Women who don't warm up to the double coat idea may prefer, instead, a vest over a coat. Some coats are overlaid with a quilted vest or a vest A touch of class for Red Sonja in matching fabric.

Sometimes sleeveless quited vest extends the length of the coat. Vests, in fact, are being used in so many ways that it's enough to make your head spin. There are, of course, the traditional vests worn under a jacket. But then there are vests that goover a jacket. In this case the vests are frequently in a contrasting material Ultrasuede or leather.

EVEN WHEN a vest goes under a coat it can be a surprise, such as a fox fur vest under a tweed coat this by Richard Assatly for Gino-Snow. While the big look in coats is paramount, there are any number of slim styles that go from the classic reefer and trench to versions of the balmacaan. Many jackets, too, are warm enough to serve as outerwear. In the Bill Kaiserman collection for Rafeal, for instance, jackets are lined in mohair or mouton. Then there are loose wool ponchos and roomy long mohair sweaters to be tossed over the new circle skirts or peg-legged pants.

Burgundy, plum and sand shades, plus black are among Kaiserman's favorite colors for the warming wearables. TO KEEP the legs warm when a coat does not flap around the ankles pants are tucked into boot tops. Or, there are knit leg warmers that peek out above the tops of boots. When legs are not encased in boots they are covered by keep-the-chill-off stockings. The hosiery is either opaque or textured and is in colors to match the outfit.

And the shoes are always low-heeled. Perhaps the newest way to keep feet warm though and it's eminently suitable for the shearling outerwear is in Golo's new shearling lined boots or yes, even shearling lined clogs. Next winter's outerwear, like this Monet-blue mohair quilted coat with flowing lettuce edged cape (by Bill Haire for Friedricks) will keep milady toasty warm. Comic books not what they used to be Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman. Spiderman, the Hulk, Red Sonja, the Spirit.

Comic book characters all. Fantastic visions which filled our childhood dreams, influencing our lives -for better or worse-for years. But comic books aren't what they used to be. The subject matter is "hipper" and more timely. And comics, the trash of yesteryear, are now accepted as legitimate and important artifacts of popular culture.

Nowhere will this new way of looking at comics be as evident as at the 10th annual Comic Art Convention, July through 5, at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Philadelphia. The convention, the biggest and best of its type, will bring together comic book collectors, fans, artists and writers. And it will provide an object lesson not only on what comics used to be, but also on what they are now, and on where they are heading. COMIC STRIPS have been around since the 1890s, and comic books since the mid-1930s. But comic art as a unique form was not taken seriously until some time in the past decade.

cultural upheavals of the 60's, which were based to some extent on a recognition of popular culture as more than just junk, made many people aware of the validityof comics By LEWIS BEALE Special to the Courier-Post Couples McFadden White Miss Linda Jean White and Mr. Paul Harold McFadden were married Sunday afternoon. The ceremony took place in the Presbyterian Church at Woodbury, with the Revs. Richard E. Craven and Joseph V.

DiMauro officiating. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John L. White of Woodbury.

The bridegroom's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Charles McFadden, also of Woodbury. Miss Karen R. White acted as her sister's maid of honor.

Bridesmaids were Miss Mary Ann Nash of Woodbury, Miss Deborah Lake of Wenonah, Miss Linda Capaldi of Whiting and Miss Patricia McFadden, sister of the bridegroom, of Woodbury. Mr. James Warner of Philadelphia served as best man. Ushers were Mr. John Fish, Mr.

Ronald Mohring Mr. John L. White brother of the bride and Mr. Douglas A. White, another brother, all of Woodbury.

A reception followed. The couple will live in Woodbury. Rennles-Conover Mr. Michael Charles Rennles, son of Mrs. Charles Rennes of Gloucester, took as his bride Saturday afternoon, Miss Dorothy Jane Conover, daughter of Mrs.

Albert E. as art, so much so that today rare copies of early books can sell for as much as $6,000 to $7,000. That interest also provided the impetus for the study of comic art, and the gathering of the interested at at large conventions. This year's Comic Art Convention, for example, will draw more than 5,000 people. They will be there to see exhibits of art and special projects, to listen to panel discussions on topics such as "the special relationships between "horror and and to watch slide shows, costume parades a and auctions of comic art memorabilia.

THERE WILL BE plenty of guest artists and speakers, including Berni Wrightson who gave us "Swamp John Stanley, who for the past 25 years has been the artist and writer for Little Lulu, and Roy Thomas who writes the Conan the Barbarian series of comic books. But, as is the case with other conventions of the same type, the dealers' rooms often provide the most fun. Enterprising fans with artifacts to sell set up tables and hawk their wares. Almost everything connected with the comics is for sale: Films (such as original Superman cartoons from the 1940s), classic comic books T-shirts, posters, books, sculpture and you-name-it. There's more.

Films of a science fiction, horror and fantasy nature will be shown almost around-the-clock, and amateur and professional pub- are MRS. PAUL H. MC FADDEN Conover of Brooklawn. The Rev. Robert Schmeelcke officiated at the ceremony in St.

John's Lutheran Church, Westville. Miss Valerie Gedral of Gloucester was maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Miss Ellen Mauke Woodbury, Miss Ruthann Greene of Gloucester and Miss Laura Maltman of Westville, cousin of the bride. Mr. Gary Rennles of Gloucester, served as his brother's best man.

Ushers were Mr. James Keller, Mr. Mark Bennett, and Mr. James McGlade, all of Gloucester. A reception followed.

After honeymooning in Virginia, the couple will live in Gloucester lishers will be showing their new products. On Sunday, July 3, there will be a Sonja (one of the newer comic heroines) lookalike contest. Monday will feature a costume parade for junior fans, ages 12 and under. THROUGHOUT THE CONVENTION, creators of some of those COMICS 25 LUKE CAGE, EA POWER MANA MARVEL COMICS GROUP BY NIGHT THOR COMICS MARVEL TEAM UP DER MO HACK married Branin-Hoplamazian Miss Lucille Hoplamazian and Dr. Bruce K.

Branin were married Sunday in St. Sahag and St. Mesrob Church, Wynnewood, Pa. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Joseph Hoplamazian of Glen Mills, Pa. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George J. Branin of Cinnaminson.

Mrs. Samuel Pogharian of West Chester, acted as her sister's matron of honor. Bridesmaids were Miss Linda Hoplamazian of Broomall, cousin the bride, Mrs. Donald Paretchan of Drexel Hill, and Mrs. Robert Dennis of Haverford, Pa.

Lori Pogharian, niece of the bride, was flower girl. Jeffrey Pogharian, nephew of the bride was ringbearer. William L. Mueller of New York was best man. Ushers were Dr.

Gary Gelesh of Johnstown, Mr. Craig Larsen of Berlin, cousin of the bridegroom, and Mr. Joseph Hoplamazian Jr. of Glen Mills, brother of the bride. A reception followed.

After honeymooning in Bermuda, the couple will live in Mount Laurel. The bride is a graduate of West Chester State College. The bridegroom is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and Ursinus College. phenomenal characters will be in attendance. You can, if you wish, meet et the man who gave us Vampirella, the Spirit, the Shadow, and many, many more.

That's not to mention the 100-page convention program book, chock full of drawings by major comic artists. The program is free to all who attend. Full five-day memberships (cost. $10) available only in advance, can be obtained by writing to Phil Seuling, the convention coordinator, at P.O. Box 177, Brooklyn, N.Y.

11224. Daily memberships cost $3 and are available at the registration desk at the Sheraton. As Billy Batson (who would eventually turn into Captain Marvel) used to say: Warning your children Continued from Page 27 IF YOU HAVE TEENAGERS in the house, you want to hammer home the same general message about strangers that you convey to younger children. But don't nag; teens apprecate subtlety. Stick to the facts and encourage your adolescents (and your younger children) to discuss their feelings with you.

Keep the lines of communication open. Unlike the preschooler, the teen generally information about heterosexuality, homosexuality and child molesters. You may want to underscore the dangers of hitchhiking, which attracts many teens. Although experts say it's a good idea to periodically remind a child not to accompany strangers, it's crucial to get the message across when the youngster is very young. PSYCHOLOGIST EDMUND Shimberg says parents will probably soon find out if their kids are heeding their warnings.

"We know the training is working the first time the child comes in and says, Johnny has asked me to play at his house. Can I Should you worry if your child is especially friendly? Psychologists and psychiatrists don't agree about the friendly child faces any greater danger from the malicious stranger than the shy child. Dr. Judy Washington, associate professor of early childhood education at Glassboro State College, says the shy child may be more compliant, more receptive to suggestions from adults. But other professionals, such as child psychiatrist Richard Kahan, feel the friendly child is generally less wary of strangers and could be particularly appealing to the child molester..