Employee Retirement Plans

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]

6. Employee Retirement Plans

The components of the Company’s net pension expense were as follows:

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
	(Dollars in thousands)
Benefits earned during the period	$	410	$	240	$	821	$	631
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation		674		630		1,347		1,292
Expected return on plan assets		(592)		(598)		(1,184)		(1,171)
Net amortization and deferral		445		156		890		354
Net pension expense	$	937	$	428	$	1,874	$	1,106