RETIREMENT PLANS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2017

Retirement Plans [Abstract]

Schedule Of Components Of Net Periodic Benefit Cost For Plans

A summary of net periodic benefit expense for the Company’s defined benefit plans for the three and nine-month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 is shown in the following table. Net periodic benefit cost for each period presented is comprised of the following:

	Three Months				Nine Months
	Ended June 30,				Ended June 30,
(In thousands)	2017		2016		2017		2016
Defined benefit plans
Interest cost	$	737		963		2,438		2,888
Expected return on assets		(942)		(1,093)		(2,978)		(3,280)
Amortization of:
Prior service cost		-		3		3		10
Actuarial loss		683		486		1,871		1,459
Net periodic benefit cost	$	478		359		1,334		1,077