Employee Retirement and Deferred Compensation Plans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2014

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, 2014, 2013, and 2012, is as follows (amounts in thousands):

	2014			2013			2012
Plan costs:
Service cost	$	470		$	471		$	389
Interest cost	1,277			1,044			1,212
Amortization of prior service cost	662			843			737
Amortization of unrecognized losses	8			144			66
	$	2,417		$	2,502		$	2,404
Projected benefit obligation:
Beginning of year	$	32,136		$	34,319		$	29,766
Plan amendments adopted during year	511			826			575
Service cost	470			471			389
Interest cost	1,277			1,044			1,212
Benefit payments	(971		)	(888		)	(731		)
Change in unrecognized loss	1,183			(3,636		)	3,108
Projected benefit obligation, end of year	$	34,606		$	32,136		$	34,319
Unamortized prior service cost:
Beginning of year	$	3,154		$	3,171		$	3,333
Plan amendments adopted during year	511			826			575
Amortization of prior service cost	(662		)	(843		)	(737		)
Unamortized prior service cost, end of year	$	3,003		$	3,154		$	3,171
Accumulated unrecognized loss, October 31	$	1,703		$	527		$	4,307
Accumulated benefit obligation, October 31	$	34,606		$	32,136		$	34,319
Accrued benefit obligation, October 31	$	34,606		$	32,136		$	34,319

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, 2024 in the aggregate (in thousands):

Year ending October 31,	Amount
2015	$	995
2016	$	1,778
2017	$	2,028
2018	$	2,124
2019	$	2,449
November 1, 2019 – October 31, 2024	$	13,655