SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE
l3G
(Under
the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934)
Item 1 (a) Name of
Issuer: Weis
Markets, Inc.
(b) Address
of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 1000 South
Second Street
P.O.
Box 471
Sunbury,
PA 17801-0471
Item 2 (a) Name of Person
Filing: SIDNEY
APFELBAUM
(b) Address
of Principal Business
Office 43
South Fifth Streett
or if None,
Residence: Sunbury,
PA 17801
(c) Citizenship: United
States
(d) Title
of Class of
Securities: Weis
Markets, Inc. Common Stock
(e) CUSIP
Number: 948849-104
Item 3 If this statement is filed pursuant to
§§240.13d-1(b) or 240.13d-2(b) or (c), check
whether
the person filing is a:
(a) [ ] Broker
or dealer registered under section 15 of the Act.
(b) [ ] Bank
as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act.
(c) [ ] Insurance
company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of the
Act.
(d) [ ] Investment
company registered under section 8 of the Investment Company
Act
of
1940.
(e) [ ] An
investment adviser in accordance with
§240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);
(f) [ ] An
employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance
with
§240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F);
(g) [ ] A
parent holding company or control person in accordance
with
§
240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G);
(h) [ ] A
savings associations as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal
Deposit
Insurance
Act;
(i) [ ] A
church plan that is excluded from the definition of an
investment company
under
section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act of
1940;
(j) [ ] Group,
in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J).
Item 4 Ownership:
Provide
the following information regarding the aggregate number and
percentage of the
class
of securities of the issuer identified in Item 1.
(a) Amount
Beneficially
Owned: 2,032,579
(b) Percent
of
Class: 7.5%
(c) Number
of shares as to which such person has:
(i) Sole
power to vote or to direct the
vote 1,842,818
(ii) Shared
power to vote or to direct the
vote
165,614
(iii) Sole
power to dispose or to direct the disposition of
1,842,818
(iv) Shared
power to dispose or to direct the disposition
of
189,761
The reporting person has sole voting and
dispositive power as to 1,842,818 shares held in the
Charles B. Degenstein Foundation Chairitable Deed of
Trust at Mellon Bank Corporation. Mr. Apfelbaum shares
voting and dispositive power as to 18,000 shares with
Mellon Financial Corporation, Mellon Bank, N.A. and
Walter Zweifler as co-trustees of the Zweifler Family
Trusts, shares voting and dispositive power as to 147,614
shares with Mellon Financial Corporation, Mellon Bank,
N.A. and Lore Degenstein as co-trustees of the Lore
Degenstein Trusts, and shares dispositive power as to
24,147 shares with his wife.
Item 5 Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a
Class:
N/A
Item 6 Ownership of More
than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person:
N/A
Item 7 Identification and Classification of the
Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being
Reported
on By the Parent Holding Company:
N/A
Item 8 Identification and Classification of Members
of the Group:
N/A
Item 9 Notice of Dissolution of
Group:.
N/A
Item 10 Certification:
By signing below I certify that, to the
best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred
to above were not acquired and are not held for the
purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing
the control of the issuer of the securities and were not
acquired and are not held in connection with or as a
participant in any transaction having that purpose or
effect.
Signature:
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
belief, I certify that the
information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.
Dated: 02/09/2004
/S/Sidney
Apfelbaum
Sidney
Apfelbaum