A November 18, 1953 issue of the Gainesville Register reads:

SCHOOL TRUSTEES OF SIVELLS BEND

HONORED BY CLUB

Trustees of the Sivells Bend School were honored at an open house, under sponsorship of the Farm and Ranch Club, Friday night at the community club room.

A tour of the Sivells Bend School and teacherage was made to acquaint the community with the improvements made in the buildings and furnishings of the recently remodeled structures.

A barbecue supper was served to 300 members and guests of the club. A door prize, a cutlery set, donated by Schad and Pulte, was won by Y.S. Lawler.

Jerry Talley, (Gainesville radio station), served as Master of Ceremonies. Claude Jones (First State Bank), Ballard Watts (Watts Drugs) and Dr. J.R. Reuther (Gainesville optometrist) conducted a double or nothing program.

Mrs. Isham Beasley presented a check for $100 to the chairman of the trustees to buy books for the school library

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Mr. and Mrs. Carl Poff were hired as teachers to begin the fall 1953 school term. They moved into the newly remodeled teacherage with their two children, Karla and Johnny Poff, who were in the eighth grade. Mrs. Poff taught the “little room”, first four grades and Carl Poff was the teacher for fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades or the ‘big room’. They were excellent teachers, devoted to their profession and they became active in the community activities and members of the Bearhead Baptist Church. They were to spend the next eight years at Sivells Bend School encouraging and maintaining an exceptional quality of education for the thirty to forty students.