W. Righter Reabold, a merchant in the Heights section of Jim Thorpe and a Carbon County forest fire inspector, was elected president of the Carbon County Forest Protective Association during a meeting held last night in the Diligent Fire Company, Jim Thorpe.

Other officers named during the reorganizational meeting are Norman Murphy, Weatherly, vice president; Thomas Ladner, White Haven, secretary-treasurer; and Eugene Dougherty, Jim Thorpe, Charles Stine, Slatington, and Warren Furry, Palmerton, trustees.