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An Ypsilanti Basketball Icon! Official publication of the Ypsilanti Historical Society, featuring historical articles and reminisces WINTER 2007 of the people and places in the Ypsilanti area. In This Issue... Dick Ouellette… Dick Ouellette…An Ypsilanti Basketball Icon! _________________1 Phil Barnes indicates that Dick Ouellette may An Ypsilanti Basketball Icon! arguably be the best basketball coach ever to By Phil Barnes come out of Ypsilanti. Home & The Handy Store – A contract error sent Dick Ouellette, argu- The Village Core ________________5 ably the best basketball coach ever to come C. Tino Lambros describes his experiences out of Ypsilanti, on his way to an outstand- growing up in Ypsilanti focusing on Edd Dykman’s Handy Store. ing career. We Remember Our As an aspiring teacher and coach who had Neighborhood Stores ____________6 Tom Dodd describes the demise of the just graduated from Michigan State Uni- neighborhood store and indicates only two versity, Dick had his sights set on coaching currently exist in Ypsilanti. football and baseball. The superintendent Dad Shot Down Lindbergh, Phyllis at Addison erroneously sent him the wrong and Fang Diller are... _____________8 contract, showing an assignment of football A story of the early years of World War II and and basketball. His anticipated assignment the accidents of history that changed Ypsilanti. of football and baseball had been sent to Jack Looks at the “Time Pieces” another applicant who signed up for those in the Museum ________________12 jobs. The superintendent told Dick that if Jack Livisay provides a tour of the time pieces he would take the job for one year he would on display in the Museum. trade basketball for baseball at the end of the Minerva Visitations! ____________14 year. After one year of basketball coaching What does go on at 220 North Huron Street when the lights go out and darkness Dick was hooked and nine successful years surrounds the house? later he was recruited by Dr. Paul Emrich, the Veteran Series __________________16 Superintendent of Ypsilanti Schools to be the Coach Dick Ouellette. Veterans included in this issue of the Braves’ coach. Dr. Emrich had scouted Dick’s Gleanings are Charles “Chuck” Brown and coaching in the State tournament at EMU Charles Kettles. and liked what he saw. She had grown up in a small town atmo- General Grant in Ypsilanti ________20 sphere in Michigan and just didn’t want to The Ypsilanti Commercial reported that “They had 40 straight wins move. Marilyn relented when Dick was of- General Grant stopped in Ypsilanti on fered a $5,000 raise. It was the first time that August 19, 1865. which was a Michigan high Ypsilanti teachers were paid for extra duty Newton Tombstone Returned school record which may still assignments. Thus began one of the most to Canton ____________________21 successful tenures recorded by a high school A Civil War veteran tombstone has been stand.” returned to Canton where it was originally coach in the State of Michigan with over 480 located in Cherry Hill Cemetery. Marilyn, Dick’s lovely wife, who he had met wins to Dick Ouellette’s credit. Society Briefs: and married in Florida after graduation, had From the President’s Desk _________2 trepidations about coming to a larger town. Ypsilanti became home to the Ouellette Society Board Members ___________2 family, raising four beautiful girls, Michelle, Fletcher White Archives __________14 Marci, Renee, and Robin. All of the girls were Museum Board Report ___________15 cheerleaders for their Dad’s team. The fam- Fundraising Agreement __________22 ily lived on Courtland Street in a home that Membership Application _________24 backed up to Candycane Park. Dick loved Gleaning’s Sponsors _____________24 continued on page 3 Gleaning’s Advertisers ____________24 Board of Trustees: From the President’s Desk Marie Davis, Virginia Davis-Brown, By Alvin E. Rudisill Kathryn Howard, Gerald Jennings, Jackson Livisay, Karen Nickels, We are still busy coordinating the many volunteers willing to serve as docents for Maxe Obermeyer, John Pappas, ongoing renovation and maintenance proj- the Museum or as project workers in the Alvin Rudisill, Diane Schick, ects underway in both the Museum and archives. If you know of individuals willing Robert Southgate Archives. Related activities include meetings to put in three or more hours each month we with various City of Ypsilanti boards and would like to discuss the opportunities avail- commissions to obtain permits and/or vari- able. We will train them for the activities they Museum Advisory Board: ances to city building codes. Major projects will be working on so no previous experience Virginia Davis-Brown, Kathleen still waiting for city approval are the renova- in historical preservation is necessary. Campbell, Marjorie Fahndrich, Kathryn tion of the basement of the Carriage House Howard, Dorothy Humphrey, Jackson as a part of the first floor apartment and the An article in this issue of the Gleanings Livisay, Fofie Pappas, Joy Shulke, resurfacing of the parking lot. describes the transfer of the Steven New- Robert Southgate, Rita Sprague, ton Civil War tombstone to the Canton Nancy Wheeler The Endowment Fund Board will be meet- Historical Society. We are very sorry to ing in early December to reactivate our lose this piece of history but the YHS fundraising efforts. The goal of our five Board of Trustees felt this was the right Archives Advisory Board: year program titled “…A Matter of Trust” thing to do. The only logical explanation Kim Clarke, Maria Davis, John Pappas, is to raise $400,000 by the middle of 2011. for the tombstone ending up buried in an Gerry Pety – ex officio, Hank Prebys, We expect to raise in excess of $100,000 by Ypsilanti back yard is that it was unlawfully Diane Schick, Jane Schmiedeke, March of 2008. taken from the Cherry Hill Cemetery in Kelly Simpson, Lisa Walters Canton sometime after 1905 when Ste- Lockable storage space is needed for items phen Newton died. being collected for our annual “Yard Sale” Endowment Fund held each spring. We collect items all year In December and January we will be solic- Advisory Board long for this sale which is held in June each iting advertisers and sponsors for the four Peter Fletcher, Paul Kuwik, year. If anyone knows of any easily accessible 2008 issues of the Gleanings. A special 25% Jack Minzey, Karen Nickels, space that might work for this purpose please discount will be given to those advertisers Maxe Obermeyer, Steve Pierce, contact me. and sponsors who sign up for all issues. John Salcau, Susan Rink, Alvin Rudisill Our goal is to raise $5,000 which will The expanded hours for both the Museum cover the cost of printing and mailing our and Archives require considerably more newsletter. ■ Ypsilanti Historical Society 220 North Huron Street Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197 Tel: (734) 482-4990 www.ypsilantihistoricalsociety.org Gleanings Staff Editor _________________ Al Rudisill Assistant Editor _________ Peg Porter Design & Layout _____ Keith Bretzius Advertising Director __ Jessica Williams Finance Director ______ Karen Nickels Distribution ________ Jessica Williams If you have suggestions for articles or if you have questions contact Al Rudisill at 734-476-6658 or [email protected]. 2 Ypsilanti Gleanings • Winter 2007 Dick Ouellette...An Ypsilanti Basketball Icon! continued from front page baseball and summer evenings he could be found frequently at the little league diamond right behind his house watching the kids play ball. His early basketball philosophies were for- mulated as the result of a clinic he attended in the East where John Wooden, legendary UCLA Coach, and Jack Ramsay, longtime coach and TV analyst, were the clinicians. Dick had the opportunity to go to lunch with them and pick their brains. The for- Ouellette’s first Ypsilanti team in 1964-65 – Class A District Champs: (Back Row L tunes of Ypsilanti High School Basketball to R) Wilson, Allen, Falk, Bentrum, Wescott, Battle, Byrd, Harris; (Front Row L to R) were, at least in part, determined during this Pope, Duffin, Krohl, Little and Coach Ouellette. important conference. “His early basketball philosophies were formulated as the result of a clinic he attended in the East where John Wooden, legendary UCLA Coach, and Jack Ramsay, longtime coach and TV analyst, were the clinicians.” Ypsilanti football coaching staff: (L to R) Tom Siebert, former tackle for EMU; Bob Moffett, former QB for EMU; and Dick Ouellette. Ypsilanti was full of potential and Dick got the most out of the players who came out for the team. According to Dick his best teams had solid teamwork. His first team in 1964- 65, led by Bill Falk won the District title at Eastern Michigan University. At the first practice that year the players had just finished a demanding session and went in the locker room to get water. Coach Ouellette went in to see why they didn’t come back out. They thought practice was over. It was just the be- ginning of Dick’s long and arduous practices. The tourney victory was a great start for Dick and it led to bigger and better wins for the Ypsilanti Braves in future years. Perhaps the best team of all time at Ypsi was the group of players who toiled between 1967 and 1969. The Braves were Class A April 1969: (Back Row L to R) Joe Frye, Fred Snowden (UM Asst. Coach), Coach Ouellette, Robin Raymond and Charles Fuller; (Front Row L to R) Bob Rhodin, Sid continued on page 4 Frye and Steve Rhodin. 3 www.ypsilantihistoricalsociety.org • Winter 2007 Dick Ouellette...An Ypsilanti Basketball Icon! continued from page 3 semifinalists and champions during these two years. Starters were Steve Rhodin, slick, hot shooting guard; Bob Rhodin, slashing high scoring forward; Craig Larsen, 6’ 10” center; Robin Raymond, excellent rebounding and scoring forward; Sid Frye, speedy guard; Jody Frye, smooth, efficient guard; and Charlie Fuller, all around star.
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