Employee Retirement and Deferred Compensation Plans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2012

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Defined Benefit Plan Net Periodic Benefit Cost

Information related to the Company’s retirement plans for each of the fiscal years ended October 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 is as follows (amounts in thousands):

	2012			2011			2010
Plan costs:
Service cost	$	389		$	305		$	270
Interest cost	1,212			1,290			1,396
Amortization of prior service cost	737			694			1,248
Acceleration of benefits							72
Amortization of unrecognized losses	66
	$	2,404		$	2,289		$	2,986
Projected benefit obligation:
Beginning of year	$	29,766		$	26,037		$	25,161
Plan amendments adopted during year	575						202
Service cost	389			305			270
Interest cost	1,212			1,290			1,396
Benefit payments	(731		)	(504		)	(125		)
Change in unrecognized loss (gain)	3,108			2,638			(867		)
Projected benefit obligation, end of year	$	34,319		$	29,766		$	26,037
Unamortized prior service cost:
Beginning of year	$	3,333		$	4,027		$	5,145
Plan amendments adopted during year	575						130
Amortization of prior service cost	(737		)	(694		)	(1,248		)
Unamortized prior service cost, end of year	$	3,171		$	3,333		$	4,027
Accumulated unrecognized (loss) gain, October 31	$	(4,307	)	$	(1,265	)	$	1,372
Accumulated benefit obligation, October 31	$	34,319		$	29,766		$	26,037
Accrued benefit obligation, October 31	$	34,319		$	29,766		$	26,037

Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments [Table Text Block]

The table below provides, based upon the estimated retirement dates of the participants in the retirement plans, the amounts of benefits the Company would be required to pay in each of the next five fiscal years and for the five fiscal years ended October 31, 2022 in the aggregate (in thousands).

Year ending October 31,	Amount
2013	$	955
2014	$	1,042
2015	$	1,645
2016	$	1,770
2017	$	2,028
November 1, 2017 - October 31, 2022	$	12,247