FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number:  3235-0287 Expires:  January 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response.........0.5
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(Print or Type Responses)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*           Myers Stephen E

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Myers Industries, Inc (MYE)

6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer                   (Check all applicable)

X

Director

X

10% Owner

X

Officer (give title below)

Other (specify below)

President

(Last)                    (First)                (Middle)  1293 South Main Street

3. I.R.S. Identification    Number of Reporting    Person, if an entity    (Voluntary)

4. Statement for     Month/Day/Year  02/19/2003

7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

5. If Amendment,     Date of Original     (Month/Day/Year)

Form filed by One Reporting Person

(Street)  Akron OH 44301

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)                      (State)                  (Zip)

Table I ¾  Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security     (Instr. 3)

2. Trans-     action     Date   (Month/     Day/    Year)

2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any   (Month/     Day/    Year)

3. Trans-     action     Code     (Instr.8)

4. Securities Acquired (A)     or Disposed of (D)     (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

5. Amount of     Securities     Beneficially     Owned     Following     Reported     Transaction(s)     (Instr. 3 and 4)

6. Owner-     ship     Form:     Direct     (D) or     Indirect     (I)   (Instr. 4)

7. Nature of     Indirect     Beneficial     Owner-     ship    (Instr. 4)

Code

V

Amount

(A) or (D)

Price

Common Stock

12/16/2002

G

V

4,600

D

12/27/2002

S

2,100

D

10.5000

12/30/2002

S

8,700

D

10.5717

12/31/2002

S

6,300

D

10.6397

01/02/2003

S

2,000

D

10.7000

2,107,724

D

Common Stock

1,880

D

Living Trust

Common Stock

48,083

I

Cust for Son

Common Stock

9,643

I

Spouse

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
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FORM 4 (continued)

Table II ¾  Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative     Security     (Instr. 3)

2. Conver-     sion or     Exercise     Price of     Deri-     vative    Security

3. Trans-     action     Date (Month/  Day/ Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any   (Month/    Day/   Year)

4. Trans-     action     Code     (Instr.8)

5. Number of Deriv-     ative Securities Ac-     quired (A) or Dis-     posed of (D)     (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

6. Date Exer-     cisable and     Expiration     Date     (Month/Day/     Year)

7. Title and Amount of     Underlying Securities     (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price     of     Deriv-     ative     Secur-     ity     (Instr.     5)

9. Number    of deriv-    ative    Secur-    ities    Bene-    ficially    Owned    Follow-    ing    Reported    Trans-    action(s)    (Instr. 4)

10. Owner-      ship      Form of      Deri-      vative      Security:      Direct      (D) or      Indirect      (I)      (Instr. 4)

11. Nature      of      Indirect      Benefi-      cial      Owner-      ship      (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exer- cisable

Expira- tion Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

(1)Option/Right to Buy

15.78

(2)

12/14/03

Common

8,576

1

D

(1)Option/Right to Buy

14.35

(2)

12/14/03

Common

14,714

1

D

(1)Option/Right to Buy

9.65

(2)

10/20/04

Common

6,376

1

D

(1)Option/Right to Buy

8.76

(2)

10/20/04

Common

8,747

1

D

(1)Option/Right to Buy

9.20

(2)

3/16/06

Common

4,887

1

D

(1)Option/Right to Buy

8.36

(2)

3/16/06

Common

8,816

1

D

Explanation of Responses:
Employee stock option grants under Myers Industries, Inc. 1997 Incentive Stock Plan, and the 1999 Stock Plan, The stock option is exercisable in five equal installments, commencing 6 months after the date of the grant, then increasing an additional 20% on the anniversary date for the following four years.
		/s/ Garee L Daniska*	12/27/2002
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.	**Signature of Reporting Person	Date
	See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).	*Pursuant to Power of Attorney filed Aug 8, 1997, dated April 28, 1993
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