Mar 28, 2008. /Lesprom.com/. Port Townsend Paper announced that John Begley is retiring as its president and CEO at the end of April, and that Charles E. Hodges, also a member of the company’s board, will assume Begley’s position. Begley will continue to serve on Port Townsend’s board of directors. Hodges retired in 2006 as senior VP-Manufacturing, Southern Region for Georgia-Pacific Corp. Since then he formed his own consulting company working with medium sized manufacturing companies to improve their bottom line performance. Port Townsend Paper Corp., manufacturer of natural selections brand unbleached kraft pulp, kraft paper, lightweight linerboard, gumming kraft, laminating kraft, and counter rolls.