In doing some research, I recently ran across a September 1, 2000 WT article that contained a brother's testimony about his years of service in the organization.
He said, "As we arrived for the meeting one Sunday in 1938, two elderly sisters greeted us, and one said: `Young Brother, have you taken your stand for Jehovah yet? You know, Armageddon is just around the corner!' I knew that Jehovah is the only true God, and I was convinced that this is his organization. I wanted to be part of it, so on October 15, 1938, I was baptized. [My wife] Aileen was baptized about six months later. I am happy to say that all in my family became dedicated servants of Jehovah."
Let me get this straight. This man made the decision to get baptized as a JW because two elderly sisters told him, "Armageddon is just around the corner!" He was still glad he believed them and became a JW even though Armageddon still hadn't arrived 62 years later! (No doubt those two elderly sisters were long since dead).
Why would the WT run a story like this?
It's admitting that this man got baptized because of a prediction about Armageddon that was totally false.
But JWs don't think in those terms.
If this guy really exists and is still alive today, I bet he is still going door to door proclaiming, "Armageddon is just around the corner!" and seeing no irony in what he is telling people in order to get them to spend the rest of their lives in service to the borg.