Marion and Mavourneen Sanders signed the papers, which made them the owners of 14 Butler Street in the Cobble Hill section of Brooklyn, NY. Johnny Sanders signed his own papers and put a down payment of $10,000, or fifty percent, on his own home next door. The Sanders left their apartment of twenty-two years in Hell"s Kitchen and had their furniture moved to their three-story home. They decided they would take their time and be selective in renting the grade and 2nd floor apartments. They continued to ask Johnny if he would consider renting his own building out and move in on one of their floors but he declined. He wanted a place that he and Marie could call their own.
Many of the residents on the street where the Sanders lived had tears in their eyes when they watched Marion leave the ap
