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Rev. R. B. Cavaness, Jr. – Pastor, Missionary, Teacher and Mission Mobilizer

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  Roswell B. Cavaness, Jr. was born in Hollister, Idaho, just south of Twin Falls, 178 miles southwest Idaho Falls. He was raised in Salmon, 161 miles northwest of Idaho Falls. He pastored a church in Roy, Idaho, 102 miles south of Idaho Falls.  During the 39 years he served as a missionary in Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia, he spoke several times at the Assembly of God church in Idaho Falls and other churches in southeast Idaho.  While his connections to Idaho Falls are not as strong as others I have written about, I believe the story of his life is worth including in this collection of people the Lord has sent out from this region. R. B. Cavaness, Sr. owned and operated a grocery store in Hollister, Idaho from 1914 to 1920, managed Safeway stores in four different states from 1923 to 1935, and then until his retirement in 1949 operated a grocery store in Salmon, Idaho. [1] In 1936, his son, R. B. Jr. [2] , age 18, became the manager of that grocery store in Salmon....
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Reverend William J. and Dr. Nina Maynard, Missionaries to Tanganyika

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  The pastor of the Idaho Falls Baptist Church in 1925, Waldo Maring, put the following announcement in The Idaho Falls Daily Post of April 18 of that year: Attention, Baptists! Rev. W. J. Maynard, who was once a member of the local Baptist church and has served as a missionary in Africa for many years, will speak at the Baptist church tomorrow, probably at the evening service. All members of our church, and other people who are not obligated elsewhere, are urged to hear this man of God, who is sure to bring us a message from “the front trenches.” [1] Who were Rev. W. J. and Nina Maynard?   When were they called by the Lord to go to Africa, how long did they serve there and what did they do? William grew up on a plantation in Frederick County, Maryland. [2]   William was one of eleven children of Howard G. and Sarah Maynard. [3]   He was the second youngest, three years older than his brother George. By 1908, William and his wife Nancy, known as Nina, were l...
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