William Yates Sr. (1908-74) was the Sangamon County Republican Party chairman from 1942 to 1950. He also was the primary co-founder of the former Lincoln Center and Ann Rutledge Pancake House at Monument and Sangamon avenues.
Read more about Yates, whose family name originally was Yacubasky, on Sandy Baksys’ blog, Lithuanians in Springfield, Illinois.