Employee Retirement and Deferred Compensation Plans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2017

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs

Information related to our retirement plans for each of the fiscal years ended October 31, 2017, 2016, and 2015, is as follows (amounts in thousands):

	2017			2016			2015
Plan costs:
Service cost	$	619		$	562		$	579
Interest cost	1,142			1,276			1,232
Amortization of prior service cost	969			947			806
Amortization of unrecognized losses	137			42			81
	$	2,867		$	2,827		$	2,698
Projected benefit obligation:
Beginning of year	$	38,980		$	35,815		$	34,606
Plan amendments adopted during year				757			768
Service cost	619			562			579
Interest cost	1,142			1,276			1,232
Benefit payments	(1,318		)	(1,129		)	(988		)
Change in unrecognized loss	(1,201		)	1,699			(382		)
Projected benefit obligation, end of year	$	38,222		$	38,980		$	35,815
Unamortized prior service cost:
Beginning of year	$	2,775		$	2,965		$	3,003
Plan amendments adopted during year				757			768
Amortization of prior service cost	(969		)	(947		)	(806		)
Unamortized prior service cost, end of year	$	1,806		$	2,775		$	2,965
Accumulated unrecognized loss, October 31	$	1,560		$	2,898		$	1,240
Accumulated benefit obligation, October 31	$	38,222		$	38,980		$	35,815
Accrued benefit obligation, October 31	$	38,222		$	38,980		$	35,815

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, 2027 in the aggregate (in thousands):

Year ending October 31,	Amount
2018	$	1,358
2019	$	2,242
2020	$	2,444
2021	$	2,702
2022	$	2,893
November 1, 2022 – October 31, 2027	$	15,736