RETIREMENT PLANS (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Retirement Benefits [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 six-month periods ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 is shown in the following table. Net periodic benefit cost for each period presented is comprised of the following:

	Three Months Ended March 31,				Six Months  Ended March 31,
(In thousands)	2018		2017		2018		2017
Defined benefit plans
Interest cost	$	821		737		1,641		1,702
Expected return on assets		(975)		(942)		(1,950)		(2,036)
Amortization of:
Prior service cost		-		-		-		3
Actuarial loss		548		683		1,097		1,188
Net periodic benefit cost	$	394		478		788		857