Removing (again) Comments Publish info from Posts pages

Foreword: I added “again” to the title not necessarily to show frustration (tho there is some of that involved), but to show that this customization had been done successfully before. It CAN be done.

Now, on to the question:

How can I remove the Comments and Publish sections from the bottom of the Post pages? Did it once before, but the “feature” seems to have reactivated with one of the recent WordPress automatic site updates.

By Publish, I mean this text:

Posted by otterdog
on August 7, 2012
Filed under CV

Don’t want people to see that. Don’t need people to see that.

Here’s a sample page from my Website: https://www.theotterdog.com/california-marriotts/

And please don’t tell me to rebuild the Website.

Would be great if WordPress could add a simple, complete HTML page source editor to its dashboard. Or, if that already exists, please point me towards it.

Thanks much!

Blam