RETIREMENT PLANS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]

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-month periods ended December 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 December 31,
(In thousands)	2018			2017
Defined benefit plans
Interest cost	$	875			820
Expected return on assets		(1,086	)		(975	)
Amortization of:
Prior service cost		-			-
Actuarial loss		487			549
Net periodic benefit cost	$	276			394