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Note: WWI registration: grey eyes, brown hair, med height, med build A 1954 newspaper clipping of Augsburg News (from the Vandalia paper?) mentions him: Barney Schukar of Billings, Montana, is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Emil Schukar and family and other relatives. Mr. Schukar is known by many of the older friends. He attended church services at Augsburg. Billings Gazette Nov 13, 1913 -- A party consisting of Messrs. Max Kruger, Anderson, Little, Stoldt, Barney Schukar, and A Pfeifer bagged a total of 32 jack rabbits and four cottontails in eight hours, according to stories brought back to the city from Crooked Creek. Billings Gazette (Billings, Montana) 1926 November 10 Schukar Injured When Horse Runs Off Barney Schukar, manager of the Great Western lunchroom, was thrown from a delivery wagon, suffering a number of cuts and scratches when the sudden dropping of the shafts from a lost bolt cause his horse to run for some distance with Schukar holding on to the lines. Schukar was on his way to his home on St. John's avenue with slop from the restaurant when the accident happened at North Thirty-sixth street and Montana avenue. The horse was stopped by some one passing along the street and Schukar was taken home in a badly bruised condition. His injuries are not serious, however. Billings Gazette, 25 January 1931 Three Cars Collide; Driver of One Held on Drunken Charges Barney Schukar was arrested on a driving while drunk after a collision in which three cars were mixed up at the corner of Montana Avenue and Twenty-ninth street about 4:15 o'clock, Saturday afternoon. Schukar put up bonds of $50 for his appearance in police court, Monday. Schukar was arrested by Chief of Police Bert Talgo at the city hall on information received in regard to the accident. Reports of the accident were received by M. E. Garland, 123 Wyoming avenue; L. A. Wicks of Huntley and the defendant. Only minor damages to the cars were reported. 10 April 1968, Billings Gazette -- Barnhart Schukar, 93, who spent most of his life in Billings, died April 3, 1958, at St. Louis, Mo. He left Billings in 1959, after the death of his wife, to live with a daughter[sic], Mrs. Lena Marvin Willit, 6253 O'Dell, St. Louis. Services were at Ambruster Mortuary, Clayton Road, St. Louis, with interment at Memorial Park, St. Louis. Schukar ran the lunch counter at the old Owl Cafe and Saloon, and the Great Western Bar. Section 18, Lot 575, Grave 4 of Memorial Park Cemetery, Jennings, St. Louis, MO.
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