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Some existing businesses are discontinued each year, on the other hand, but the net change is on the plus side. The report lists a total of 55 active enterprises in the county employing one or more people. Of this number, 36 have 3 employees or less, 11 have from 4 to 7 employees and 6 have from 8 to 19. The figures show that busijiess establishments with fewer than 20 employees predominate in the local area, just as they do in every other part of the country. All told, the locals business firms provide employment for some 369 men and women of the area in jobs fhat are covered under social security. This does not include farm workers, government employees, domestic help and certain others. The annual payroll for thpse^
covered by social security||H been rising in recent ytwre. Locally, it has reached a total of $784,000. According to the Michigan
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