Employee Retirement and Deferred Compensation Plans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2013

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, 2013, 2012 and 2011 is as follows (amounts in thousands):

	2013			2012			2011
Plan costs:
Service cost	$	471		$	389		$	305
Interest cost	1,044			1,212			1,290
Amortization of prior service cost	843			737			694
Amortization of unrecognized losses	144			66
	$	2,502		$	2,404		$	2,289
Projected benefit obligation:
Beginning of year	$	34,319		$	29,766		$	26,037
Plan amendments adopted during year	826			575
Service cost	471			389			305
Interest cost	1,044			1,212			1,290
Benefit payments	(888		)	(731		)	(504		)
Change in unrecognized loss (gain)	(3,636		)	3,108			2,638
Projected benefit obligation, end of year	$	32,136		$	34,319		$	29,766
Unamortized prior service cost:
Beginning of year	$	3,171		$	3,333		$	4,027
Plan amendments adopted during year	826			575
Amortization of prior service cost	(843		)	(737		)	(694		)
Unamortized prior service cost, end of year	$	3,154		$	3,171		$	3,333
Accumulated unrecognized (loss) gain, October 31	$	(527	)	$	(4,307	)	$	(1,265	)
Accumulated benefit obligation, October 31	$	32,136		$	34,319		$	29,766
Accrued benefit obligation, October 31	$	32,136		$	34,319		$	29,766

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, 2023 in the aggregate (in thousands).

Year ending October 31,	Amount
2014	$	888
2015	$	1,645
2016	$	1,770
2017	$	2,008
2018	$	2,104
November 1, 2018 - October 31, 2023	$	12,968