Employee Retirement and Deferred Compensation Plans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2018

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs

Information related to our retirement plans for each of the fiscal years ended October 31, 2018, 2017, and 2016, is as follows (amounts in thousands):

	2018			2017			2016
Plan costs:
Service cost	$	568		$	619		$	562
Interest cost	1,198			1,142			1,276
Amortization of prior service cost	936			969			947
Amortization of unrecognized losses	17			137			42
	$	2,719		$	2,867		$	2,827
Projected benefit obligation:
Beginning of year	$	38,222		$	38,980		$	35,815
Plan amendments adopted during year							757
Service cost	568			619			562
Interest cost	1,198			1,142			1,276
Benefit payments	(1,358		)	(1,318		)	(1,129		)
Change in unrecognized gain/loss	(3,115		)	(1,201		)	1,699
Projected benefit obligation, end of year	$	35,515		$	38,222		$	38,980
Unamortized prior service cost:
Beginning of year	$	1,806		$	2,775		$	2,965
Plan amendments adopted during year							757
Amortization of prior service cost	(936		)	(969		)	(947		)
Unamortized prior service cost, end of year	$	870		$	1,806		$	2,775
Accumulated unrecognized gain (loss), October 31	$	1,571		$	(1,560	)	$	(2,898	)
Accumulated benefit obligation, October 31	$	35,515		$	38,222		$	38,980
Accrued benefit obligation, October 31	$	35,515		$	38,222		$	38,980

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, 2028 in the aggregate (in thousands):

Year ending October 31,	Amount
2019	$	1,363
2020	$	2,386
2021	$	2,702
2022	$	2,893
2023	$	2,993
November 1, 2023 – October 31, 2028	$	15,981