  The existence of faint blue stars far above the galactic plane, which have
spectra that are similar to nearby Population I B stars, present several
interesting questions. Among them are: Can a Population I B star travel from
the disk to a position many kiloparsecs above the plane in a relatively short
main sequence lifetime? Is it possible that single massive star formation is
occurring far from the galactic plane? Are these objects something else
masquerading as main sequence B stars? This paper (the first of two) analyzes
the abundances of a sample of these stars and reveals several which are
chemically similar to nearby Population I B stars while others clearly have
abundance patterns more like those expected in BHB or PAGB stars. Several of
those with old evolved star abundances also have interesting features of note
in their spectra. We also consider why this sample does not have any classical
Be stars and identify at least two nearby solar metallicity BHB stars.
