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	  	
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(Print or Type Responses)				
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*          

Stodnick Gregory J	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Myers Industries, Inc (MYE) 	6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
                  (Check all applicable)	
		  	Director	 	10% Owner	
		 X 	Officer (give
title below)	 	Other (specify
below)	
		 Vice 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
 03/28/03	

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	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	32,947	D	 	

 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

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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	14.35	 	 	 	 	 	 	(2)	12/14/03	 Common	11,646	 	1	D	 	
(1)Option/Right to Buy	8.76	 	 	 	 	 	 	(2)	10/20/04	 Common	7,562	 	1	D	 	
(1)Option/Right to Buy	8.36	 	 	 	 	 	 	(2)	 3/16/06	 Common	6,875	 	1	D	 	
(1)Option/Right to Buy	8.80	 	 	 	 	 	 	(2)	 3/11/13	 Common	5,000	 	 	 	 	

 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

Explanation of Responses:	

2.	Grants under Myers Industries, Inc. 1997 Incentive Stock Plan, and the 1999 Stock Plan.
3.	The stock option vests 20 percent after six months, with additional vesting of 20 percent each year thereafter.
 	
 	 	 /s/ Gregory J. Stodnick	 	 3/31/03	
					
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