Frank Fellows Gray (December 31, 1863 - 8, 1935), also known as Uncle, was a pioneer of Scouting in America, teacher and musician.
[1] After having been educated at Syracuse University, where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, Frank was a teacher at Military Academies in Long Island, New York.
Frank is believed to have organized the first real Boy Scout Camp in the United States on Dudley Island, Sussex County, New Jersey Summer 1911.
He was a piccolo musician, author, songwriter, poet, and above all, an exceptional organizer and a great teacher to all the youth using Baden Powell’s principles of Scouting.
An Invitation Come, sit a while with me Up in the old cabin shade, If the day is hot, There’s a cool verandah, And if there’s a chill, There’s a wood fire on the hearth, And there’s a book to read Or chance to write a letter home.