Bill Text: IN SR0009 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Honoring Sugar Bailey for her years of military and public service.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-01-21 - First reading: adopted Voice Vote [SR0009 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2010-SR0009-Introduced.html
A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Sugar Bailey for her
years of public service.
, read first time and referred to Committee on
MADAM PRESIDENT:
I offer the following resolution and move its adoption:
A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Sugar Bailey for
her years of public service.
Whereas, Pulled by her desire to serve the United States
during World War II, Sugar "Sug" Bailey volunteered to join
the Navy, becoming the youngest WAVE (Women Accepted
for Volunteer Service) officer in the Navy at the age of 21;
Whereas, During her time in the Navy, Sug served as an
air traffic controller, where she learned to break codes and
encode flight plans coming from Europe and South America.
Sug also served as a personnel officer over a large group of
sailors, acting primarily as a parole officer;
Whereas, Sug attended the University of Louisiana-
Lafayette and Smith College before arriving in Indiana,
where she earned a master's degree at Purdue University;
Whereas, Sug continued to serve her community by
becoming a teacher, where she taught Home Economics and
English;
Whereas, Sugar “Sug” Bailey's legacy includes her portrait, which hangs among former governors in a museum in Winnfield, Louisiana: Therefore,
SECTION 1. The Indiana Senate recognizes Sugar Bailey for her
years of public service.
SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed to
transmit a copy of this Resolution to Sugar Bailey.
