A 'different odd and even' page layout will only expose the second page header & footer if your document actually has a second page. A 'continuous' Section break, if that's what you inserted, wouldn't do that. Inserting a 'next page' Section break or a manual page break, would, however.
As for the larger issue of having un-numbered 'front matter', see:
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting...atter_2007.htm
http://wordfaqs.mvps.org/FrontMatterRibbon.htm