Out of the past 1/17/10

25 years ago: Jan. 17, 1985

Southeast Missouri State University announces it intends to add, at its expense, a $2.5 million "second room" to the joint city-university multipurpose building; the addition will house a 160-meter track, locker rooms, six courts for handball and racquetball, offices for basketball coaches and intramural staff, a human resources lab, and space for weight training and instructional activities.

Gasoline prices at some Cape Girardeau self-service stations plummet just more than $1 a gallon to 84.9 cents for regular and 89.9 cents for unleaded.

50 years ago: Jan. 17, 1960

Bishop Ivan Lee Holt, who has been in the ministry of the Methodist Church for 50 years, occupies the pulpit in the morning at Centenary Methodist Church.

March 24 has been approved as the date for the episcopal consecration of Bishop-elect Marion F. Forst; installation ceremonies in the Diocese of Dodge City will take place at Dodge City, Kan., on April 5; the episcopal consecration will be held at St. Mary's Cathedral in Cape Girardeau.

75 years ago: Jan. 17, 1935

A movement to bring the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team to Cape Girardeau for a spring game has been proposed; it is understood the management of the club is contacting various cities and will play a few games on the team's journey north from training camp in Bradenton, Fla.

Work has started on the remodeling of the front and interior of the building at 107 N. Main St., occupied by Irvin Hecht's clothing store; the front is being torn away and will be made into one of modern design.

100 years ago: Jan. 17, 1910

The last stretch of the levee along the Mississippi River, within the limits of Scott County south of Commerce, Mo., will be built in the near future, as the contract has been let to R.L. Leonard & Co. of Memphis, Tenn.

The resignation of city engineer C.W. Hawley is taken up at the meeting of the Cape Girardeau City Council; it is accepted by a vote of five to three; Mayor M.E. Leming appoints C.W. McRea to that post.

-- Sharon K. Sanders