FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 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:  3235-0104 Expires:  January 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response.........0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*    Orr               John                C	2. Date of Event     Requiring Statement     (Month/Day/Year) 02/14/2003		4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol  Myers Industries, Inc. (MYE)
(Last)                               (First)                            (Middle)  1630   Shade Road	3. I.R.S. Identification     Number of Reporting     Person, if an entity     (voluntary)		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer                          (Check all applicable)				6. If Amendment, Date of     Original (Month/Day/Year)
				Director		10% Owner
(Street)   Akron         OH           44333			X	Officer (give           title below)		Other (specify          below)	7. Individual or Joint/Group     Filing (Check Applicable Line)
			Chief Operating Officer				X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
(City)                               (State)                               (Zip)								Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I ¾ Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security                                                                            (Instr. 4)		2. Amount of Securities     Beneficially Owned     (Instr. 4)			3. Ownership     Form: Direct     (D) or Indirect     (I)   (Instr. 5)		4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership             (Instr. 5)
Common Stock		73,734.7806			D

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FORM 3 (continued)	Table II ¾ Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1.Title of Derivative Security                                       (Instr. 4)		2.Date Exer-    cisable and    Expiration    Date    (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying                                       Derivative Security     (Instr. 4)		4. Conver-     sion or     Exercise     Price of     Deri-     vative     Security	5. Owner-     ship     Form of     Deriv-     ative     Security:     Direct     (D) or     Indirect     (I)     (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect     Beneficial Ownership     (Instr. 5)
		Date Exer- cisable	Expira- tion Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

		/s/ Garee L. Daniska*	2/24/2003
**	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).	*Garee L. Daniska, pursuant to Power of Attorney dated 2/14/2003, attached hereto

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Gregory J. Stodnick, Garee L. Daniska, and Kevin C. O'Neil, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Myers Industries, Inc. (the "Company"), Schedule ID, Forms 3, 4 and 5 (or such replacement forms) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

       The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 14th day of February, 2003.

 /s/ John C Orr                                    

John C. Orr