Employee Retirement and Deferred Compensation Plans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2015

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs

Information related to our retirement plans for each of the fiscal years ended October 31, 2015, 2014, and 2013, is as follows (amounts in thousands):

	2015			2014			2013
Plan costs:
Service cost	$	579		$	470		$	471
Interest cost	1,232			1,277			1,044
Amortization of prior service cost	806			662			843
Amortization of unrecognized losses	81			8			144
	$	2,698		$	2,417		$	2,502
Projected benefit obligation:
Beginning of year	$	34,606		$	32,136		$	34,319
Plan amendments adopted during year	768			511			826
Service cost	579			470			471
Interest cost	1,232			1,277			1,044
Benefit payments	(988		)	(971		)	(888		)
Change in unrecognized loss	(382		)	1,183			(3,636		)
Projected benefit obligation, end of year	$	35,815		$	34,606		$	32,136
Unamortized prior service cost:
Beginning of year	$	3,003		$	3,154		$	3,171
Plan amendments adopted during year	768			511			826
Amortization of prior service cost	(806		)	(662		)	(843		)
Unamortized prior service cost, end of year	$	2,965		$	3,003		$	3,154
Accumulated unrecognized loss, October 31	$	1,240		$	1,703		$	527
Accumulated benefit obligation, October 31	$	35,815		$	34,606		$	32,136
Accrued benefit obligation, October 31	$	35,815		$	34,606		$	32,136

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 we would be required to pay in each of the next five fiscal years and for the five fiscal years ended October 31, 2025 in the aggregate (in thousands):

Year ending October 31,	Amount
2016	$	988
2017	$	2,028
2018	$	2,124
2019	$	2,468
2020	$	2,576
November 1, 2020 – October 31, 2025	$	14,214