Dick Stevens, top photo, president of Wrather Hotels, holds model of the Queen Mary, which his company is now refurbishing as the center of an entertainment complex in Long Beach, Calif. After hearing that the city was planning to sell the old liner, Stevens persuaded his company to take on the task. Bottom photo, workmen on a 4,000-gallon job spread paint on lifeboats and davits. About $10 million will be spent on the ship itself, and another $49 million on other parts of the development. (MUST PHOTO CREDIT: Los Angeles Times Photos by George Rose) Illustrates MARY, by Paul Dean (Times), moved Monday, April 6. (c) 1981, The Los Angeles Times.