As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
                               on February 7, 2003

                                                     Registration No. 333-______

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                        POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
                                    FORM S-8
                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                            P. H. GLATFELTER COMPANY
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

         Pennsylvania                                            23-0628360
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF                               (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
 INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)                              IDENTIFICATION NO.)

96 South George Street, Suite 500, York, Pennsylvania                    17401
     (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)                         (ZIP CODE)

                            P. H. Glatfelter Company
                 401(k) Savings Plan for Ecusta Hourly Employees
                            (FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN)

                                Markus R. Mueller
                        Corporate Counsel, Secretary and
                        Director of Policy and Compliance
                        96 South George Street, Suite 500
                                 York, PA 17401
                     (NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)

                                 (717) 225-4711
          (TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)

                                    COPY TO:
                          MORRIS CHESTON, JR., ESQUIRE
                     BALLARD SPAHR ANDREWS & INGERSOLL, LLP
                         1735 MARKET STREET, 51ST FLOOR
                      PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19103-7599
                                 (215) 665-8500

            The Board of Directors of P. H. Glatfelter Company (the "Company")
adopted the Company's 401(k) Savings Plan for Ecusta Hourly Employees (the
"Plan") on June 25, 1997 and the Plan became effective on January 1, 1998. The
Board of Directors amended the Plan a number of times since January 1, 1998,
including an amendment that changed the name of the Plan to the Glatfelter
401(k) Savings Plan for Ecusta Hourly Employees.

            On September 2, 1997, the Company filed Registration Statement No.
333-34797 on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") to register 200,000 shares
of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company (the "Common Stock"),
such shares constituting all of the shares available for issuance under the
Plan, and an indeterminate amount of interests in the Plan.

            On March 8, 2002, the Board of Directors of the Company approved an
action to terminate the Plan, effective June 1, 2002. As of the effective time
of the termination of the Plan, 149,921 shares of the 200,000 shares of Common
Stock available for issuance under the Plan had been issued and sold.

            Accordingly, the Company hereby deregisters a total of 50,079 shares
of Common Stock, which amount constitutes all of the shares of Common Stock
available for issuance under the Plan which remained unsold at the termination
of the Plan.


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            The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunder
duly authorized, in the City of York, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on January
31, 2003.

                                            P. H. GLATFELTER COMPANY


                                            By: /s/ George H. Glatfelter II
                                                --------------------------------
                                                    George H. Glatfelter II
                                                    Chief Executive Officer


            Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.




Signature                                 Title                                                Date
---------                                 -----                                                ----
                                                                                         
/s/ Robert E. Chappell                    Director                                             January 31, 2003
---------------------------
Robert E. Chappell


/s/ Kathleen Dahlberg                     Director                                             January 31, 2003
---------------------------
Kathleen Dahlberg


/s/ Nicholas DeBenedictis                 Director                                             January 31, 2003
---------------------------
Nicholas DeBenedictis


/s/ Patricia G. Foulkrod                  Director                                             January 31, 2003
---------------------------
Patricia G. Foulkrod


/s/ George H. Glatfelter II               Director and Chief Executive                         January 31, 2003
---------------------------               Officer (Principal Executive
George H. Glatfelter II                   Officer)



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/s/ J. Robert Hall                        Director                                             January 31, 2003
---------------------------
J. Robert Hall


/s/ M. Alanson Johnson II                 Director                                             January 31, 2003
---------------------------
M. Alanson Johnson II


/s/ Ronald J. Naples                      Director                                             January 31, 2003
---------------------------
Ronald J. Naples


/s/ Robert P. Newcomer                    Director and Acting Chief Financial                  January 31, 2003
---------------------------               Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
Robert P. Newcomer


/s/ C. Matthew Smith                      Corporate Controller and                             January 31, 2003
---------------------------               Principal Accounting Officer
C. Matthew Smith


/s/ Richard L. Smoot                      Director                                             January 31, 2003
---------------------------
Richard L. Smoot


/s/ Lee C. Stewart                        Director                                             January 31, 2003
---------------------------
Lee C. Stewart



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            The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan)
have duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of York, Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, on January 31, 2003.

                                               P. H. GLATFELTER COMPANY
                                               401(K) SAVINGS PLAN FOR
                                               ECUSTA HOURLY EMPLOYEES


                                               By: /s/ John R. Anke
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   John R. Anke
                                                   Plan Administrator


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