CCC veterans honored by Forest Service at annual Longbow picnic

Scott Swanson

Tony Farque – aka J. Roy Blake, Sweet Home district ranger – was in fine form as he chatted it up with the Civilian Conservation Corps workers sitting in the amphitheater at Longbow Organization Camp Wednesday, Aug. 22.

“You could have gone AWOL,” Farque said, impersonating Blake. “But that’s why they shipped you so far away from home.”

Farque’s living history/reminiscence performance was part of the Willamette National Forest’s annual potluck picnic honoring…

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