At 50, Red Cross Ball 'just like the old days'
Event's golden anniversary marked by dignity and elegance, with guests including Pierce Brosnan and first honorary Marine Corps chairman.

Daily News Society Editor 

 There were lots of adjectives batted around at Saturday night's International Red Cross Ball — "classy," "elegant," and even "refined."

But essentially, it all came down to David Morris' reaction as he went through the ambassadorial receiving line. "It was just like the old days," he said.

And indeed, it was, which is exactly what the Red Cross folks wanted to mark this, the ball's 50th anniversary.

The evening, held at The Mar-a-Lago Club, began with the traditional diplomatic receiving line in the Marjorie Merriweather Post Ballroom— fitting, since she was the ball's first honorary chairwoman — led by chairman William and chairwoman Nancy Rollnick, [with harp music by Esther M. Underhay] . Behind the Rollnicks were the ambassadors from Malta, Afghanistan, Slovenia, Ecuador, Finland, Thailand and Qatar.