Employee Retirement and Deferred Compensation Plans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2016

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, 2016, 2015, and 2014, is as follows (amounts in thousands):

	2016			2015			2014
Plan costs:
Service cost	$	562		$	579		$	470
Interest cost	1,276			1,232			1,277
Amortization of prior service cost	947			806			662
Amortization of unrecognized losses	42			81			8
	$	2,827		$	2,698		$	2,417
Projected benefit obligation:
Beginning of year	$	35,815		$	34,606		$	32,136
Plan amendments adopted during year	757			768			511
Service cost	562			579			470
Interest cost	1,276			1,232			1,277
Benefit payments	(1,129		)	(988		)	(971		)
Change in unrecognized loss	1,699			(382		)	1,183
Projected benefit obligation, end of year	$	38,980		$	35,815		$	34,606
Unamortized prior service cost:
Beginning of year	$	2,965		$	3,003		$	3,154
Plan amendments adopted during year	757			768			511
Amortization of prior service cost	(947		)	(806		)	(662		)
Unamortized prior service cost, end of year	$	2,775		$	2,965		$	3,003
Accumulated unrecognized loss, October 31	$	2,898		$	1,240		$	1,703
Accumulated benefit obligation, October 31	$	38,980		$	35,815		$	34,606
Accrued benefit obligation, October 31	$	38,980		$	35,815		$	34,606

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, 2026 in the aggregate (in thousands):

Year ending October 31,	Amount
2017	$	1,326
2018	$	2,124
2019	$	2,503
2020	$	2,611
2021	$	2,702
November 1, 2021 – October 31, 2026	$	15,290